Lecture

Jean Tirole, economist and Nobel Prize winner

Jean Tirole, economist and Nobel Prize winner

3:30-5pm
Gleason Hall 318/418

Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Jean Tirole will deliver a lecture on “Privacy in the Digital Age."

Jean Tirole’s research covers industrial organization, regulation, finance, macroeconomics and banking, and psychology-based economics. He has published over two hundred articles in international reviews, as well as twelve scientific books. Published in English in 2017, his latest book entitled “Economics for the Common Good” is accessible to a wide audience and available in a number of languages. He is laureate of numerous international distinctions, including the 2014 Sveriges Riksbank prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel. Jean Tirole is honorary chairman of the Foundation JJ Laffont-Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and of the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), and he also holds a visiting position at MIT.

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