http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/business/jean-tirole-wins-nobel-prize-in-economics.html 2014-10-13 13:26:33 Jean Tirole Wins Nobel Prize in Economics Mr. Tirole, 61, is a French economist who has provided insight into “taming powerful firms,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said === Jean Tirole, a French economist known for his work on regulating competition among businesses, won the 2014 Mr. Tirole, 61, a professor at the Toulouse School of Economics, has provided insight into “taming powerful firms,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in announcing the award. The past winners of the economics prize are an eclectic group that includes people with no formal training in economics and members of rival schools of economic thought. Two of last year’s winners, Eugene F. Fama and Robert J. Shiller, Other recent winners include All of the recent winners except Mr. Pissarides were American citizens, as have been 85 percent of all the economics laureates since 1969. Only one woman has ever won the prize: the American political scientist The economics prize is the newest of the Nobels, created in 1969 in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Bank of Sweden, the world’s first central bank.