Economist:Daron Acemoglu

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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."

—Daron Acemoglu, Power and Progress (2023), p. 456, PublicAffairs

On AI Governance and Regulation

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

—Daron Acemoglu, Why Nations Fail (2012), p. 84, Crown Publishers