The Berkowitz Annual Lecture Series is in memory of Professor Michael Berkowitz, founder of the MFE program and former Chair of the Department of Economics.
| Year | Speaker | Speaker Title | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ralph Ossa |
Former Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization; currently a Professor of Economics at the University of Zurich |
The Multilateral Trading System: Resilience, Erosion, and the Role of Middle Powers |
| 2025 | Carolyn A. Wilkins |
Senior Research Scholar at the Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Princeton University |
What have we learned from Central Bank responses to COVID? |
| 2024 | Christopher A. Sims | 2011 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and John J. F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University | Government Debt and Inflation |
| 2023 | Atif Mian | John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University, and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs | Debt and Interest |
| 2020 | Atif Mian | John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University, and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs | (Cancelled) Inequality, Credit and Indebted Demand: The Economic Challenges of the 21st Century |
| 2019 | Jordi Mondria | Professor, Department of Economics and Co-Director MFE Program, University of Toronto | Investor In@ttention |
| 2018 | Tiff Macklem | Then: Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Currently: Governor, Bank of Canada | 10 Years Later: Seven Lessons in Crisis Management from 2008 |
| 2017 | Andreas Park | Professor of Finance, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga | Blockchain and Financial Economics |
| 2016 | Marlene Puffer | President & CEO Investment, Canadian National Railway Company | Long Horizon Investing: The Good, the Bad, and the Best |
| 2015 | Avery Shenfeld | Managing Director and Chief Economist at CIBC World Markets Inc. | Textbooks and Trading: Where Theory and Practice Diverge |
| 2014 | Jeffrey MacIntosh | Professor and TSX Chair in Capital Markets, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto | High Frequency Traders: Death or Salvation? |
| 2013 | David Rosenberg | Then: Chief Economist & Strategist, Gluskin Sheff & Associates; Currently: President and Chief Economist & Strategist of Rosenberg Research & Associates Inc. | Income Outcome |
| 2012 | Marco Petta | Special Director, OTC Derivatives – Market Initiatives, Bank of Canada | Reforming OTC Derivatives Markets |
| 2011 | José Viñals | Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF | Global Financial Stability Still at Risk |
| 2010 | Andrew Spence | Head of Rates and Foreign Exchange at TD Securities | Bretton Woods II: International Monetary Arrangement or Faustian Bargain? |
| 2009 | John W. Crow | Fifth Governor, The Bank of Canada | The Changing Role of Central Banks |
| 2008 | Jack Carr | Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto | The Role of The Central Bank in the Face of the Sub Prime Mortgage Crisis |
| 2007 | Ralph Winter | Professor, University of British Columbia | The Finance-constrained Theory of Insurance Markets |
| 2006 | Angelo Melino | Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto | The Equity Premium Puzzle: Where do we stand now? |
| 2005 | James Pesando | Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Art as an Investment? What have we learned |