Thursday, October 16, 2014

France’s Jean Tirole Wins Nobel Prize for Economics - Fortune Magazine

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Oct. 13, 2014
    
French economist Jean Tirole poses at the School of Economics in Toulouse, France on June 2, 2008.Eric Cabanis—AFP/Getty Images

Tirole won for his ‘analysis of market power and regulation’

French economist Jean Tirolehas won the 2014 Nobel prize for economics.
Tirole, a professor of economics at Toulouse University, won for his “analysis of market power and regulation.”

On Friday, Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi both won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work defending education rights for children.