{{Short description|Canadian economist}}
'''Tom Velk (Thomas James Velk)''' is a libertarian-leaning American economist who teaches and lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the chair of the North American studies program at McGill University and a professor in that university's economics department. His research interests are in monetary economics and public policy, specifically the de-regulation of money markets and the usefulness—or lack thereof—of central banks.<ref name="mcgill">{{cite web|url=http://people.mcgill.ca/thomas.velk/|title=Thomas Velk (profile)|publisher=McGill University|accessdate=1 February 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185259/http://people.mcgill.ca/thomas.velk/|archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref>
Velk holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin. He has edited a number of books on Canadian and American public policy issues. Additionally, he has served on the Board of Governors of the American Federal Reserve System as a visiting professor and consultant (1969–1972), and worked for the World Bank.<ref name="cbc">{{cite news|author=Tom Velk |title=From the Right |publisher=CBC News |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_velk/index.html |year=2006 |accessdate=1 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218061556/http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_velk/index.html |archivedate=December 18, 2010 }}</ref> In 1982–1983 Velk was a visiting scholar at the department of economics at Dartmouth College and in 1974 served as a consultant to the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress.
Velk is a regular contributor to media coverage of economic issues, writing a recurring column, "From the Right", for ''CBC News Viewpoint'' in 2005–2006.<ref name="cbc"/> Velk has also written for The ''Wall Street Journal'', the ''Canadian Forum'', ''The Globe and Mail'', ''Financial Post'', ''Montreal Gazette'', ''Le Devoir'', and the CBC.<ref name="mcgill"/>
He currently resides in North Troy, Vermont.<ref name="mcgill"/>
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080524210909/http://people.mcgill.ca/thomas.velk/?View=Publications Publications] * [http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_velk/index.html CBC News Viewpoint: From the Right]
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