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Daron Acemoğlu

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Why Nations Fail

Professor of Economics at M.I.T., Daron Acemoglu is among the 20 most cited economists in the world. One of Foreign Policy’s 100 Global Thinkers, Acemoglu is the co-author of The New York Times bestseller Why Nations Fail.

Drawing on powerful examples from America to Mexico to Sierra Leone to Singapore, Acemoglu makes tremendous strides in answering the big question that has obsessed us for centuries: Why are some nations rich, while others are poor? And why is the gap between the two widening?

Massachusetts Technology Institute (MIT), Professor of Economics

Daron Acemoğlu is the Killian Professor of Economics at MIT and recipient of the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal, he is among the 20 most cited economists in the world and is one of Foreign Policy’s 100 Global Thinkers.

Born in Turkey and educated in England, Acemoğlu’s expertise stretches across the full spectrum of macroeconomics, with a focus on the role of institutions in economic development: how will institutions react to the demographic shifts to the 21st century? How will the rise of new superpowers change the global economy? 

Acemoglu is the co-author, with James Robinson, of The New York Times bestseller Why Nations Fail. He has made tremendous strides in answering the big question that has obsessed us for centuries: Why are some nations rich, while others are poor? 

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