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Sir James Alexander Mirrlees FRSE FBA (born 5 July 1936) is a Scottish economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in 1998.Born in Minnigaff Kirkcudbrightshire Mirrlees was educated at the University of Edinburgh (MA in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 1957) and Trinity College Cambridge (Mathematical Tripos and PhD in 1964 with thesis title Optimum planning for a dynamic economy) where he was a very active student debater.

alma mater
Trinity College Cambridge, University of Edinburgh
award
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
birth date
1936-07-05
birth place
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff
field
Political economy
individualised GND number
114703558
influenced
Iván Werning, Joseph Stiglitz, Huw Dixon
institution
University of Oxford, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Macau, University of Cambridge
nationality
United Kingdom

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