Their research centered around tracing the roots of the question: "Why are some countries poorer and others more prosperous?

The three U.S.-based academics studied why some countries are rich and others poor and have documented that freer, open ...

Robinson, an economics professor at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize along with his colleagues from MIT, Daron ...

The three received the award for their work on the differences in prosperity among nations, and the role institutions play in ...

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

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

MIT economists Acemoglu and Johnson, with UChicago's Robinson, won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson—have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their ...

The prize was given to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson for work that advanced the understanding of ...

A trio of economists just won a Nobel prize for their insights into how democratic and other inclusive institutions are ...