Michael Parkin studied economics in England and began his university teaching career immediately after graduating with a B.A. from the University of Leicester.

He learned the subject on the job at the University of Essex, England’s most exciting new university of the 1960s, and at the age of 30 became one of the youngest full professors. He is a past president of the Canadian Economics Association and has served on the editorial boards of the American Economic Review and the Journal of Monetary Economics.

His research on macroeconomics, monetary economics, and international economics has resulted in more than 160 publications in journals and edited volumes, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. He is author of the bestselling textbook, Economics (Addison-Wesley), now in its Eleventh Edition.

Michael Parkin is an illustrator based in the outskirts of London. He loves finding humour and fun in the everyday, which has led to him working with a variety of clients, including the Science Museum and the BBC.