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  2. Why Nations Fail - Wikipedia

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    Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, first published in 2012, is a book by economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, who jointly received the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize (alongside Simon Johnson) for their contribution in comparative studies of prosperity between nations.

  3. Colonial Origins of Comparative Development - Wikipedia

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    "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development" is a 2001 article written by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson and published in American Economic Review. It is considered a seminal contribution to development economics through its use of European settler mortality as an instrumental variable of institutional development in ...

  4. Daron Acemoglu - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Turkish-American economist (born 1967) Daron Acemoglu Acemoglu in 2016 Born Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (1967-09-03) September 3, 1967 (age 57) Istanbul, Turkey Citizenship Turkey and United States Education University of York (BA) London School of Economics (MSc, PhD) Spouse Asu Ozdaglar ...

  5. Nobel economics prize goes to inequality researchers - AOL

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    Simon Johnson and James Robinson, both British-American, and Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu were commended for their work on "how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish ...

  6. Judge tosses last charge against ex-prosecutor accused of ...

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    Johnson’s attorneys argued the oath violation charge cited an expired oath Johnson had taken in 2010. At the time she was indicted, they said, Johnson had taken a new oath after winning ...

  7. US prosecutor warns of legal risk for anyone hindering Musk's ...

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    Martin, as interim U.S. attorney, oversaw the dismissal of all pending criminal cases tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol following a directive from Trump.

  8. Analysis of European colonialism and colonization - Wikipedia

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    An example of Acemoglu, Robinson and Johnson hypothesis is in the work of La Porta, et al. In a study of the legal systems in various countries, La Porta, et al. found that in those places that were colonized by the United Kingdom and kept its common-law system, the protection of property right is stronger compared to the countries that kept ...

  9. Simon Johnson (economist) - Wikipedia

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    Simon H. Johnson (born January 16, 1963) [1] is a British-American economist who has served as the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management since 2004. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He also served as a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics from 2008 to 2019.