2024 | Daron Acemoglu
Institute Professor; Faculty Co-Director, Shaping the Future of Work Initiative
MIT professor Acemoglu was cited for his work on the relationship between economic growth and political institutions. He shared the award with fellow MIT economist Simon Johnson and University of Chicago economist and political scientist James Robinson. The Nobel citation states: “This year’s laureates in the economic sciences have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity. Societies with a poor rule of law and institutions that exploit the population do not generate growth or change for the better. The laureates’ research helps us understand why.”