Daron Acemoglu: podcast appearances and interviews

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian descent who has been affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993. He holds the title of Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics and was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019. His primary research fields include political economy, development economics, and labor economics. Acemoğlu has received several notable awards, including the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005 and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2024. He is recognized for his influential work in understanding the role of institutions, poverty, and econometrics in economic development. Acemoğlu has ranked highly among economists for his popularity and influence, being the third most cited author on college syllabi for economics courses and the most cited economist in a decade according to RePEc data. He has been acknowledged as a leading figure in the field, often regarded as a centrist focused on the study of prosperity and the comparative analysis of states and empires.