Joan Tugores Ques is professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona. PhD in Economic Sciences. Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Economics. He has been a professor in the Department of Economic Theory at the University of Barcelona since 1977. He has been Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the University of Barcelona (1994-1998), Rector of the University of Barcelona (2001-2005), and President of the Regulations and Professional Ethics Committee of the Col·legi d’Economistes de Catalunya (1999-2001)