Current Position
Gans holds Rotman’s Skoll chair and is chief economist of the Creative Destruction Lab.
Background & Biography
He earned his economics doctorate at Stanford and previously taught at Melbourne Business School.
Notable Contributions
His books include The Economics of Blockchain Consensus (2023); his research also examines cryptocurrency markets.
Why Katharos.ai Is Following Them
Katharos.ai follows his economic analysis of blockchain coordination.
Areas to Follow
Follow consensus incentives and cryptocurrency market design; distinguish models from deployed outcomes.
Reporting Scope
Canada denotes his current Toronto institutional affiliation, not citizenship or residence.
Sources for Further Reading
Personal biography — https://joshuagans.com/
CV — https://joshuagans.com/api/cv
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