Economist

Daron Acemoglu

Institute Professor at MIT. Co-author of Why Nations Fail and Power and Progress. Nobel Prize in Economics 2024. Research on political economy, development, and technology.

Known For

Why Nations FailPower and ProgressNobel Prize 2024Institutional economics

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Courage Is a Learnable Skill

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Environment Shapes Behavior More Than Willpower

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Meaning Comes from Responsibility, Not Happiness

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Episodes

#Daron Acemoglu on Institutions, AI, and the Nobel Prize (Ep. 229)Nov 27, 2024 #283 | Daron Acemoglu on Technology, Inequality, and PowerJul 22, 2024