William M. Scarth

William Scarth is Professor of Economics at McMaster University in Hamilton (Canada). He has published 80 articles in academic journals and policy reports in macroeconomics, labour economics, international trade and public finance.

His recent work concerns how globalization and the aging population challenge the ability of governments to foster both overall growth and increased equality.

He is the author of four texts, ranging from Principles to Intermediate to Advanced: two single-authored, two co-authored (with Will Baumol/Alan Blinder (Princeton), and Greg Mankiw (Harvard)). Professor Scarth is also an Institute Economist at the CD Howe Institute (Canada's leading policy think tank). He has co-edited three monographs: Deficit Reduction: What Pain? What Gain? and Equality and Prosperity: Finding Common Ground (with Bill Robson (CD Howe)); Inflation and Unemployment: The Evolution of the Phillips Curve (with Richard Lipsey).

Professor Scarth has won several teaching awards: McMaster University President's Award for Instruction, McMaster Student Union Lifetime Achievement Award, the McMaster Student Union Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Arts/Science Program, and the Golden Key International Honour Society's Lifetime Membership for Teaching.

More about Professor Scarth is available at:

http://www.economics.mcmaster.ca/faculty/scarth