Jean-Luc Migué

Jean-Luc Migué was a Canadian economist. He was a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute of Vancouver and at the Montreal Economic Institute.

Early life and education

Migué was born in Saint-Jacques, Quebec in 1933. He graduated in 1953, with a cum laude mention, from the Collège de l'Assomption and held a master's degree in economics from the Université de Montréal. From 1958 to 1960, he was a research student at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 1968, he received a PhD in economics from the American University of Washington.

Career

Migué was an international expert on public choice theory. He was a professor at Université Laval and l’École nationale d’administration publique, a researcher at the Bank of Canada and the Economic Council of Canada, and chairman of the academic board of the Montreal Economic Institute.
He was a member of many working groups and a consultant for several public and private organisations. He was a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Migué was a member of the Canadian Economics Association, the Canadian Society of Economic Science, the Public Choice Society and the American Economic Association. Moreover, he often participated in public debates in newspapers, news magazines, and radio and television broadcasts.

Death

Migué died on October 11, 2025, at the age of 92.

Filmography

Migué is featured in the documentary The Encirclement in which he outlined his libertarian arguments. One of his points was that particular family allowances paid to single women raising children leads women to have children outside of marriage.

Articles and chapters

Migué published numerous articles in Canadian and international journals, such as the, the, the, the, the,, the,, and the .

Books

, with Richard Marceau, Sillery, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1989.Federalism and Free Trade,, 1993. In 1994, he was awarded the Silver Medal of Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award for this book.Une société sclérosée – quand le mal européen gagne le Canada
, 2 t., ENAP/Sainte-Catherine, Collège Charles-Lemoyne, 2 t., Québec, 1996.
, and Montreal Economic Institute 1999.
, Varia, 2001
, éditions de l'Institut Charles Coquelin, décembre 2005.