Wayne Simpson is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba and a Research Fellow in the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and the London School of Economics. His areas of specialization include labour economics, urban and regional economics, applied microeconomics, quantitative methods and social policy. He is the author of Is Basic Income Within Reach?  Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty and Urban Structure and the Labour Market: Analysis of Worker Mobility, Commuting and Underemployment in Cities, and co-author (with D. Hum) of Income Maintenance, Work Effort and the Canadian Mincome Experiment and Maintaining a Competitive Workforce.  He has published more than 60 refereed articles in economics and policy journals as well as numerous technical and research reports, book chapters, and other articles. He received the 2014 Mike McCracken Award for Economic Statistics from the Canadian Economics Association and the 1999 John Vanderkamp prize for the best article in Canadian Public Policy. His recent research interests include basic income, redistributive tax policies, and provincial finances. For further details on his professional activity, see  his curriculum vitae.