"Historical processes really shape economic relations, and we cannot understand the economy today without understanding where we’re coming from."
The official launch of the "MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative" included presentations by Daron Acemoglu and Zeynep Ton.
"There are plenty of good models around to help both developing and industrialized countries build better democratic institutions."
"The year 2024 will be the time for recalibrating expectations."
The mitigating effects of taxes and transfers do not change the fact that the market economy has been malfunctioning for the past 40 years.
Five MIT Sloan faculty and affiliates are included in this list of 2023's best tech books.
"Democracies around the world face two major threats: a crisis of legitimacy, and increasingly aggressive authoritarian regimes."
A second Trump presidency would take the Kissingerian mindset to its logical conclusion, benefiting the few at the expense of the many.
Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu has been warning for years about the coming dangers of AI in the workplace.
"This elite will now impose their vision for technology on the rest of humanity. Most of us will not enjoy the consequences."
