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Daron Acemoglu, left, and Simon Johnson
This year’s laureates in the economic sciences — Daron Acemoglu (left), Simon Johnson (right), and James Robinson of the University of Chicago — “have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity,” according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Spotlight: Oct 14, 2024

Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in economic sciences. The two MIT professors share in the prize “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” Watch press conference

Oct 14, 2024

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