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.
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 ...
In their book 'Why Nations Fail', Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson recount how, in the late 1960s, Kofi Busia ...
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, ...
What we’re witnessing in Sabah, with allegations of some politicians being involved in project-fixing and demanding fees, is ...
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 ...
The World Bank reports that Indonesia ranks relatively low in legal enforcement, with prolonged judicial processes and weak ...