Daron Acemoglu is Professor of Economics at MIT and co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty.
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Commentaries by Daron Acemoglu
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Is State Capitalism Winning?
CAMBRIDGE – In the age-old contest of economic-growth models, state capitalism has seemed to be gaining the upper hand in recent years. Avat…
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What We Owe Egypt
CAMBRIDGE – The question that still underlies much thinking about economic development is this: What can we do to kick-start economic growth…
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Captured Europe
WASHINGTON, DC – Europe’s policy elite – the people who call the shots at the national and eurozone level – are in serious trouble. They hav…
What We Owe Egypt
Yasser Shaaban: Daron Acemoglu , What a constructive essay that is :) , I , as an Egyptian see it all full of lies that you claim against the " Army" , well , of course , as you do w…
Is State Capitalism Winning?
Kir Komrik: Thanks for the balanced article, imo, both State Capitalism and American Capitalism can be summed up with two words; Epic Fail. It's just that we (in the States) don't realize it yet. It's not dura…