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Daron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu

Writing for PS since 2012
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Daron Acemoglu, a 2024 Nobel laureate in economics and Institute 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 Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023).

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  1. Will We Squander the AI Opportunity?
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    Will We Squander the AI Opportunity?

    Feb 19, 2025 Daron Acemoglu worries that the technology is on track to disempower, rather than complement, most of humanity.

  2. A Sputnik Moment for AI?
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    A Sputnik Moment for AI?

    Feb 4, 2025 Daron Acemoglu considers what an apparent Chinese breakthrough means for the US tech industry, and innovation more broadly.

  3. Are High-Skill Immigrants a Problem?
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    Are High-Skill Immigrants a Problem?

    Jan 9, 2025 Daron Acemoglu highlights some underappreciated risks of policies like the United States’ H-1B visa program.

  4. The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda
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    The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda

    Dec 16, 2024 Daron Acemoglu fears that the tech industry’s current priorities will result in the worst of all possible worlds.

  5. The Fall and Rise of American Democracy
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    The Fall and Rise of American Democracy

    Dec 3, 2024 Daron Acemoglu is not surprised that so many voters ignored warnings about the threat Donald Trump poses to US institutions.

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    The Post-Pandemic Fiscal Tightrope

    Hoe Ee Khor, et al. argue that Asian, Latin American, and European economies must somehow reduce deficits while fostering growth.
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    What Germany’s Election Means for the Western Left

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    Fear of being left behind economically and socially proved to be potent fuel for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, which for the first time won more votes than the Social Democrats in a German federal election. So long as center-left parties fail to address this fear, the far right will continue to exploit it.

     thinks social-democratic parties will continue to lose unless they find new ways to make inroads with workers.
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    The Global Economy Without America

    Jim O'Neill thinks the Trump administration may convince the rest of the world to rely less on US consumer demand.
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    A Westless World

    Tobias Bunde reflects on this year's Munich Security Conference and America's break from the transatlantic alliance.
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    Germany’s Last-Chance Election

    Michael Bröning explains why the outcome may decide whether the political “firewall” against the far right can hold.
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    The Only Path to Genuine Peace in Ukraine

    Nicu Popescu sees a Korea-style armistice with security guarantees as the only viable option in Ukraine.
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    Meltdown at the Top of the World

    Masatsugu Asakawa urges development banks to act urgently to avert the catastrophic effects of the Himalayas’ thawing glaciers.
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    The Economic Consequences of Trump’s Ukrainian Peace

    Gene Frieda warns that by punishing the victim, the US is setting up Europe for another war.
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    There Goes America

    Within his first month back in the White House, Donald Trump has upended US foreign policy and launched an all-out assault on the country’s constitutional order. With US institutions bowing or buckling as the administration takes executive power to unprecedented extremes, the establishment of an authoritarian regime cannot be ruled out.

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