Acemoglu, Johnson and Williams won a prize for applying economics to the very things economics is inherently bad at figuring ...

He noted that while it’s customary to credit award winners, the Nobel Prize in Economics creates a hierarchy of knowledge ...

The Nobel Prize in Economics serves as a reminder that institutional reform is critical if Nigeria is to unlock its full ...

Last week, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden) instituted Nobel Memorial ...

“When citizens feel seen and heard, their trust in the system is reinforced,” says analyst Farrukh Khan Pitafi. As per Mr Wolf, politics must be susceptible to the influence of all citizens, not just ...

The Nobel Prize-winning work of Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson in “Why Nations Fail” has profoundly shaped ...

The economists studied institutions created by the European colonial powers. The three economists “have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity,” the Royal ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel memorial prize in economics for their ...

In their landmark book ‘Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty’, published a little more than a ...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences last week awarded the “Central Bank of Sweden’s Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of ...

Moldovan voters appeared leery of a move to enshrine in their Constitution an “irreversible” commitment to abandon Russian influence and one day join the European Union. By Andrew Higgins ...

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