The influential study by Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson examines how colonial-era institutions continue to shape economic ...

James Robinson, a University of Chicago professor, was one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize for economics this year.

The early coercive pressures applied by Trump loyalists are a taste of what is to come, starting on Jan. 20, 2025. Forces on the right have adopted an extraordinary agenda that, even if it is not a ...

He shared the prize for his work with two professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson – researching global inequality. He has co-authored three ...

The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson for their work on institutions. The writer is an academic and researcher. He is also the author of Development, Poverty, ...

Daron Acemoglu is not surprised that so many voters ignored warnings about the threat Donald Trump poses to US institutions.

In an 1887 letter to Bishop Creighton, English politician Lord Acton famously noted, ‘Power tends to corrupt, and absolute ...

Daron Acemoglu fears that the tech industry’s current priorities will result in the worst of all possible worlds.

Migrants have become a flashpoint in global politics. But new research by an MIT political scientist, focused on West Germany ...

AI can make people less empathetic and more self-centered, impacting fields such as customer service that depend on genuine ...

There has been another addition to President Bola Tinubu’s media team. The president has also restructured his media team in a bid to “ ...