Economics

Meera Raman, BA’21, might not be who you had pictured in your mind as The Globe and Mail’s retirement and personal finances reporter. She is still in her twenties, for one thing. She prides herself on taking a non-stodgy approach to subject matter that affects practically everyone.

Thanks to his pioneering work on ‘creative destruction’, Peter Howitt recently became the 13th member of the McGill community to win a Nobel Prize. In an interview, he discusses his award-winning research, the AI revolution, and how his curiosity about the price of wool led him to McGill.

Adriana Kugler is an award-winning economics professor at Georgetown University – but she is often not there. Her academic career has been interrupted by appointments from the White House. In her current role, she is serving as a governor for the U.S. Federal Reserve.

As Quebec’s finance minister, Eric Girard, BCom’89, already had a lot on his plate. Now, he has an additional responsibility – he’ll be trying to improve relations between his Coalition Avenir Québec government and the province’s anglophone community.

It’s hard to believe that when she crossed the McGill stage at Convocation in May 2016, blockchain was barely on Kendra Alexia Hefti’s radar. Since then she has helped build Deloitte Canada’s blockchain practice, and recently took on a global blockchain role. She now leads Deloitte’s tax technology practice in Dubai. Her initiation to “blockchain” […]

Quebec’s new finance minister Eric Girard, BCom’89, says his government’s focus on the economy and education will pay important dividends for the province’s future.