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Daron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu

Writing for PS since 2012
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Daron Acemoglu, a 2024 Nobel laureate in economics and 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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  1. Two Models for Agentic AI
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    Two Models for Agentic AI

    Mar 28, 2025 Daron Acemoglu sees a technological crossroads ahead – and argues that one path should not be taken.

  2. Will We Squander the AI Opportunity?
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    Will We Squander the AI Opportunity?

    Feb 19, 2025 Daron Acemoglu worries that the technology is on track to disempower, rather than complement, most of humanity.

  3. A Sputnik Moment for AI?
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    A Sputnik Moment for AI?

    Feb 4, 2025 Daron Acemoglu considers what an apparent Chinese breakthrough means for the US tech industry, and innovation more broadly.

  4. Are High-Skill Immigrants a Problem?
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    Are High-Skill Immigrants a Problem?

    Jan 9, 2025 Daron Acemoglu highlights some underappreciated risks of policies like the United States’ H-1B visa program.

  5. The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda
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    The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda

    Dec 16, 2024 Daron Acemoglu fears that the tech industry’s current priorities will result in the worst of all possible worlds.

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    Climate Action Requires Debt Relief

    Vera Songwe & Moritz Kraemer outline steps that low-income countries can take to promote low-carbon, nature-positive growth.
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    Stagflation for the Ages

    Stephen S. Roach

    The supply-chain disruptions during the pandemic look almost quaint compared to the fundamental reordering of global trade currently underway. This fracturing, when coupled with US President Donald Trump’s attacks on central-bank independence and preference for a weaker dollar, threatens a prolonged period of stagflation.

     thinks Trump’s tariffs and attacks on the Fed will make it difficult for the world to sidestep recession.
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    Developing Countries Can Lead in Medical Innovation

    Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan shows how regional collaboration and targeted investment can improve access to therapeutics and diagnostics.
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    Latin America Should Take the Long View on Tariffs

    José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs thinks developing a forward-looking agenda is as important as pursuing short-term macroeconomic stability.
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    Trump’s Tariff Chaos Could Reverse 80 Years of Economic Progress

    Anne O. Krueger

    US President Donald Trump’s trade policies are undermining the rules-based system established after World War II. Without a coordinated international response, growing uncertainty could lead to a fragmented global economy marked by slower growth and chronic instability.

     urges America’s trade partners to defend the multilateral order abandoned by the current administration.
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    Populists Versus Bureaucrats

    Ana Palacio defends US and EU governance from opponents’ charges that innovation and liberty are being strangled.
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    What It Means for Europe to Fend for Itself

    Anders Fogh Rasmussen outlines what Europeans must do to defend democracy and their way of life against new threats.
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    A Society Without Charity Is Doomed to Failure

    Timothy Radcliffe worries that US efforts to restrict such giving would create the conditions for financial and moral poverty.
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    Why African Leadership Matters in Geoengineering

    Saliem Fakir & Shuchi Talati explain how the continent’s leaders can help forge a responsible path forward for the emerging technology.

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