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 Jean Tirole

Jean Tirole

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Jean Tirole, a Nobel laureate in economics, is a professor at the Toulouse School of Economics.

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  1. Can Europe Create an Innovation Economy?
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    Can Europe Create an Innovation Economy?

    Oct 7, 2024 Philippe Aghion, et al. explain what EU member states must do to stop falling further behind the United States economically.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 Trump Boom?

    Michael R. Strain thinks the president-elect’s economic policies could be wildly successful if he avoids his worst impulses.
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    Nicholas Agar on Elon Musk, AI, the futurism industry, and more

    Nicholas Agar urges us not to put too much stock in Musk-style “Mars-shots,” describes how the humanities needs to evolve in our time of disorienting change, suggests that humanists might soon get bored with artificial intelligence, and more.
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    Azerbaijan Greenwashes Authoritarianism at COP29

    Arzu Geybulla argues that the host country’s centralized dynastic regime is utterly incapable of meeting climate targets.
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    Global Tensions Over China’s Overcapacity Will Rise Under Trump

    Brendan Kelly considers the economic and geopolitical implications of the country’s controversial industrial strategy.
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    Trump Won, but Trumpism Did Not

    Bruce Ackerman thinks the president-elect’s agenda will falter as many congressional Republicans eye the midterm elections.
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    The G20 Must Help Africa Close the Climate-Finance Gap

    Raila Amolo Odinga urges world leaders to ensure the continent's governments can invest in resilience and clean energy.
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    Crunch Time for the WHO

    Gordon Brown

    To prevent unnecessary deaths from treatable diseases, the World Health Organization must be empowered to fulfill its mandate as the leading global emergency responder. If its $7.1 billion fundraising campaign falls short, we risk being caught unprepared again when the next pandemic arrives.

    calls on wealthy countries to ensure that the World Health Organization can confront emerging threats.
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    PS Events: COP29 Live From Baku Session 2

    PS editors present our second session from COP29, Financial Inclusion is Climate Action.
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    The EU Needs a Strong Clean Industrial Deal

    Jean Pisani-Ferry, et al. tout a strategy that combines decarbonization with measures to boost competitiveness and social cohesion.

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