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Daron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu

Boston

Daron Acemoglu is Professor of Economics at MIT and co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty.

Articles

Democracy and society | 24.06.2026

To tackle lines and borders

The World Cup shows that when integration and national pride go hand in hand, the outcome is a winning combination

Work and digitalisation | 01.04.2025

Two models for agentic AI

AI ‘agents’ are coming, whether we are ready or not. There can be little doubt that this development will be transformative — for better or worse

Economy and ecology | 10.10.2022

Why businesses misbehave

Nowadays, the myth of heroic business no longer has much purchase. Yet, the tragedy of villainous business behaviour is that it is preventable

North America | 24.12.2019

Elizabeth Warren’s bold ideas don’t go far enough

What America needs are policies to shape the direction of technological development and restore workers' bargaining power

Global | 09.04.2019

The revolution need not be automated

The current trend in commercial AI development fosters automation – and leads to higher inequality. But there's another way