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
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