Jack M. Mintz

Jack Mintz is a Canadian economist and academic.

Early life and education

Mintz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Alberta in 1973, a Master of Arts degree in economics from Queen's University in 1974, and a PhD in economics from the University of Essex in 1980.

Career

From 1978 to 1989, Mintz held the position as a professor in Queen's University's economics department, before serving as Professor of Business Economics at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management from 1989 to 2007. During this time, he also was the president and CEO of the think tank, the CD Howe Institute, from 1999 to 2006. He was the Palmer Chair at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy from 2008 until 2015, when he became President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy.

Mintz chaired the federal government's Technical Committee on Business Taxation in 1996 and 1997, which led to corporate tax reform in Canada since 2000. He served as Vice-President and chair of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council from 2012 to 2018.

Research interests

Mintz has mainly focused on the public policy strand of economics, particularly tax policy.

Published works

Who Pays the Piper?: Canada's Social Policy (1995) Capital Mobility And Tax Competition Moment of Truth: How to Think About Alberta's Future (2020)