MEET DARON ACEMOGLU

Daron Acemoglu won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his groundbreaking work on the relationship between progress, AI, and the economy. An MIT Institute Professor, Daron is the 3rd most cited economist in the world—as well as the bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail, the blockbuster book on why strong institutions are the overlooked key element to building strong nations, and Power and Progress, “the blueprint we need for the challenges ahead” (Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism). His latest book, the hotly acclaimed What Happened to Liberal Democracy?, is “a very important work and a must-read” (Thomas Piketty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century). As rapid advances in AI change how we work and live, Daron shows us how to make these innovations work for everyone—and proves that AI has the potential to make our democracy and our lives better if we take hold of it today.