Professor Rodrigue Tremblay is a graduate of Stanford University where he obtained an M.A. in Economics (1965) and a Ph.D. in Economics (1968). He is a former chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Montreal. He is also a former president of the North American Economics and Finance Association, a former president of the Canadian Economics Society and a former vice-president of the International Association of French-speaking economists. Dr. Tremblay has also served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the Government of Quebec, from 1976 to 1979. He has also served as a member of the Committee of Dispute Settlements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He is a member of the Quebec Humanist Association. 

Dr. Tremblay has published 30 books. His previous book â??The New American Empireâ? was published in English, in French under the title â??Le nouvel empire américainâ?, and in Turkish under the title of â??Yeni Amerikan â? mparatorluâ?ºuâ?. His newest book is â??Le Code pour une éthique globaleâ? Les Ã?ditions Liber (French, 2009) and â??The Code for Global Ethicsâ? Prometheus Books (English, 2010). In 2004, Dr. Tremblay was awarded the prestigious Condorcet Prize of political philosophy.