PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Joshua Gans

Also known as Joshua S. Gans

Joshua Gans is a professor at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, where he holds the Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He earned an honours economics degree at the University of Queensland and a Stanford PhD in 1995, and he received the inaugural Young Economist Award from the Economic Society of Australia in 2007. With Ajay Agrawal and Avi Goldfarb, he wrote Prediction Machines in 2018 to clarify the AI revolution for CEOs and policy makers. Power and Prediction appeared from HBR Press in 2022, presenting AI as a prediction technology that directly affects decision-making. The Microeconomics of Artificial Intelligence appeared from MIT Press in January 2026.

Works
654

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Timeline

  1. 1995

    A Stanford economics PhD

    He earns an honours economics degree at the University of Queensland and a Stanford PhD, graduating in 1995.

  2. 2000–2011

    Foundation professor in Melbourne

    At Melbourne Business School, he becomes a full professor in 2000 and holds its foundation professorship in information economics until 2011.

  3. 2007

    A Young Economist Award

    The Economic Society of Australia gives him its inaugural young economist award in 2007.

  4. 2018

    Co-writing Prediction Machines

    With Ajay Agrawal and Avi Goldfarb, he uses basic economics to clarify the AI revolution for CEOs and policy makers in Prediction Machines, published in 2018.

  5. 2022

    Power and Prediction

    Power and Prediction, published with HBR Press in 2022, presents AI as a prediction technology that directly affects decision-making.

  6. January 2026

    Microeconomics of artificial intelligence

    MIT Press publishes The Microeconomics of Artificial Intelligence in January 2026 as a 434-page hardback.

  7. As of October 2026

    Skoll Chair at Rotman

    At the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, he holds the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship as a professor of strategic management.

Sources and credits

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  1. Joshua Gans - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Joshua Gans - Creative Destruction Lab creativedestructionlab.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. 20180417 | Rotman School | University of Toronto rotman.utoronto.ca. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Ajay Agrawal et al., "Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence" (HBR Press, 2022) - New Books Network newbooksnetwork.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. The Microeconomics of Artificial Intelligence by Joshua Gans - Penguin Books Australia penguin.com.au. Checked 14 October 2026.