Author
Daron Acemoglu
Institute Professor at MIT and co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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Institutions and prosperityKnown for
Daron Acemoglu is the Killian Professor of Economics at MIT. In 2005 he received the John Bates Clark Medal awarded to economists under forty judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge. (Photo by Peter Tenzer.)
Born1967 · Istanbul, Turkey
Notable works
Why Nations FailThe Narrow CorridorPower and Progress
HonoursNobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2024)
Poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.— Why Nations Fail (2012), with James A. Robinson
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Why Nations Fail
The landmark work explaining why some nations prosper while others remain trapped in poverty — essential reading for students of economics, politics, and history.
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