Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu, 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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The Wrong BRICS Expansion
The Wrong BRICS Expansion
Aug 31, 2023 Daron Acemoglu argues that the group's enlargement is a step in the wrong direction for emerging economies.
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The Hollywood Writers’ AI Fight Is Everyone’s Fight
The Hollywood Writers’ AI Fight Is Everyone’s Fight
Aug 2, 2023 Daron Acemoglu, et al. think that knowledge workers who still have a voice can steer managers away from pursuing mindless automation.
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After Affirmative Action
After Affirmative Action
Jul 11, 2023 Daron Acemoglu proposes a hybrid college admissions system in the US, based on both test scores and weighted lotteries.
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Would AI-Enabled Communism Work?
Would AI-Enabled Communism Work?
Jun 28, 2023 Daron Acemoglu thinks recent breakthroughs pose new challenges to old assumptions about optimal economic organization.
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Will Democracies Stand Up to Big Brother?
Will Democracies Stand Up to Big Brother?
Jun 12, 2023 Simon Johnson, et al. urge policymakers to head off the rapid worldwide expansion of AI-enhanced surveillance.