Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson

Irish Times

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The Nobel memorial prize in economics has been awarded to three U.S.-based academics who studied why some countries are rich and others poor and have documented that freer, open societies are more likely to prosper
The Gazette
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Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have been awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on global wealth inequality.
Le Monde
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Acemoglu and Johnson are professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while Robinson conducts his research at the University of Chicago.
Newsweek
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They were commended for their work on the impact of institutions and the rule of law on countries’ prosperity.
Irish Times

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