Economist:Daron Acemoglu

From AI Ideas Knowledge Base
Revision as of 20:39, 12 August 2025 by Admin (talk | contribs) (Convert citations to Wikipedia reference style with <ref> tags)

Daron Acemoglu

Biography

Turkish-American economist at MIT, known for work on political economy and economic development.

School of Thought

Institutional Economics

Notable Quotes

On Labor Market Disruption from Automation

"AI could go either way: it could augment human capabilities or it could just automate them away."[1]

On AI Governance and Regulation

"The direction of technological change is not preordained; it is shaped by institutions and policies."[2]


References

  1. ↑ Daron Acemoglu, Power and Progress (2023), p. 456, PublicAffairs
  2. ↑ Daron Acemoglu, Why Nations Fail (2012), p. 84, Crown Publishers

Additional Notable Quotes

On AI Governance and Regulation

"Technology is shaped by who has power in society."[1]

On Wealth Inequality and Technology

"Inclusive institutions lead to prosperity; extractive institutions lead to poverty."[2]

On Labor Market Disruption from Automation

"The wrong kind of AI could increase inequality and reduce wages."[3]

  1. ↑ Daron Acemoglu, Power and Progress (2023), p. 23, PublicAffairs (with Simon Johnson)
  2. ↑ Daron Acemoglu, Why Nations Fail (2012), p. 429, Crown Publishers (with James Robinson)
  3. ↑ Daron Acemoglu, Journal of Economic Perspectives (2022), Vol. 36
Retrieved from "https://ai.specify.com/index.php?title=Economist:Daron_Acemoglu&oldid=123"