Jean Tirole

Jean Tirole, the 2014 Nobel laureate in economics, is Honorary Chairman of the Toulouse School of Economics and Chairman of the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. His most recent book is Economics for the Common Good.

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Keep Politics Out of Europe’s Competition Decisions
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Keep Politics Out of Europe’s Competition Decisions

Mar 4, 2019 Patrick Rey & Jean Tirole warn that current Franco-German proposals risk undermining the EU's independent anti-trust authorities.

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Macron’s Great Gamble
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Macron’s Great Gamble

Jan 21, 2019 Jean Tirole weighs the risks and potential rewards of the French president’s response to the “yellow vest” movement.

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Regulating the Disrupters
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Regulating the Disrupters

Jan 9, 2019 Jean Tirole offers a blueprint for rethinking antitrust policies, labor laws, and taxation in the age of Big Tech.

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A COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan

Larry Hatheway

The rapid escalation of the COVID-19 crisis may be setting the stage for a global recession. Economic policymakers have no time to waste in preparing a response – preferably one that makes full use of low and falling bond yields, below-target inflation, and the lessons of the last recession.

The West’s Final Countdown?

Joschka Fischer

With the US presidential election approaching, no one can say they didn't foresee the possibility of Donald Trump winning a second term – an event that would pose an existential threat to the very idea of "the West." So why are European leaders spending their time squabbling over agriculture subsidies?