Their studies have shown the importance of giving people a real democratic voice for countries’ economic survival, the Nobel ...

The trio won for research that explored the aftermath of colonisation to understand why global inequality persists today.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded on Monday to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of the ...

The winner of the award, officially the "Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel," receives $1 ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson shared the award for their work on explaining the gaps in prosperity between ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson received the Nobel Prize in Economics for studying how institutions shape ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize for ‘studies of how ...

MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson PhD ’89 have been named winners of the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in ...

Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors have become the institution's latest Nobel laureates. New laureate Simon ...

Their research sheds light on the critical role institutions play in influencing the wealth and development of nations.

Discover how Nobel laureates Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson link global economic inequality to colonial-era institutions.