Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT, is a co-author (with James A. Robinson) of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty (Profile, 2019) and a co-author (with Simon Johnson) of the forthcoming Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, May 2023).
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To Reconstruct Turkey, Rebuild Its Democracy
To Reconstruct Turkey, Rebuild Its Democracy
Mar 29, 2023 Daron Acemoglu & Cihat Tokgöz think the country needs not just a new government but a broader economic and political transformation.
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How to Fix the Platform Economy
How to Fix the Platform Economy
Mar 13, 2023 Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson propose new policy interventions to shift the industry away from its socially destructive business model.
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In Search of a New Political Economy
In Search of a New Political Economy
Mar 13, 2023 Daron Acemoglu identifies five questions that must be addressed to bring policymaking into the twenty-first century.
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What’s Wrong with ChatGPT?
What’s Wrong with ChatGPT?
Feb 6, 2023 Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson worry that the technology will be deployed to replace, rather than empower, humans.
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China’s Economy Is Rotting from the Head
China’s Economy Is Rotting from the Head
Oct 28, 2022 Daron Acemoglu shows why Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power is bad news for dynamism and growth.