James Mirrlees

James Alexander Mirrlees (5 Julie 1936 - 29 August 2018) wis an Scots economist an a professor o Poleetical Economy at the Varsity o Cambridge. In 1996, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences wi William Vickrey "for thair contributions tae the Economic theory of the incentives under asymmetric information".

James Mirrlees
James Mirrlees in 2010
Born	5 Julie 1936(1936-07-05) Minnigaff, Scotland
Dee'd	29 August 2018(2018-08-29) (aged 82) Cambridge, Ingland
Naitionality	Breetish
Alma mater	Varsity o Edinburgh Trinity College
Awairds	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1996)
Scientific career
Fields	Economics, Poleetical Economy
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute o Technology Varsity o Edinburgh Varsity o Oxford Varsity o Californie, Berkeley Yale Varsity