Short Introductory Notes for Professor David K. Foot

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• Born in England.
• Brought up in Australia.
• Educated in the United States.
  • received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.
• Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.
  • specializes in the interactions between economics and demographics.
• Two times winner of the Undergraduate Teaching Award at the University of Toronto, and recipient of a national 3M Award for Teaching Excellence.
• Co-author of the best-selling books Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift and Boom, Bust & Echo: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century.
  • over 300,000 copies sold in English and French.
  • #1 for two years on The Globe and Mail's Year End National Best-Seller Lists.
  • together over 156 weeks on The Globe and Mail's Best-Seller Lists.