Daron Acemoglu
Turkish-American economist
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| 2024 | Awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside James A. Robinson and Simon Johnson for their comparative studies in prosperity between states and empires. |
| 2023 | Published 'Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity' with co-author Simon Johnson, critically examining the social and political impacts of technological development, particularly focusing on artificial intelligence's effects on jobs, wages, and democracy. |
| 2022 | Acemoglu and Robinson published 'Non-Modernization', further critiquing modernization theory by arguing that it fails to account for diverse political development paths and incorrectly assumes a predetermined political endpoint. |
| December 2022 | Kılıçdaroğlu appointed Acemoglu as one of his economic advisers, which sparked criticism from pro-Erdogan circles and led to public debate about Acemoglu's background and influence. |
| October 2022 | Acemoglu met with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey. |
| 2021 | Elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. |
| 2019 | Awarded the Global Economy Prize by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. |
| 2019 | Argued in favor of social democracy, highlighting the importance of labor institutions in protecting workers and encouraging job creation. |
| 2019 | Published 'The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty', a book co-authored with James Robinson that explores how free societies develop through a balanced power dynamic between state institutions and societal forces. |
| July 2019 | Acemoglu met with Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan in Boston to discuss potential economic assistance. |
| July 2019 | Named an Institute Professor at MIT, the highest faculty honor at the institution. |
| 2018 | Received the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize from Toulouse School of Economics and an honorary degree from London Business School. |
| June 2018 | Acemoglu had an internet conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, expressing his readiness to help Armenia restore and develop its economy. |
| 2017 | Became a Carnegie Fellow and received honorary degrees from University of Bath and ENS Paris-Saclay. |
| April 2017 | Spoke at a USC Institute of Armenian Studies conference, criticizing Armenia's post-Soviet political and economic development. |
| 2016 | Awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for proving the influence of institutions over economic development. |
| September 2016 | Criticized the Armenian diaspora at a conference in Toronto for legitimizing successive governments in Armenia despite citizens' rights violations. |
| 2015 | Named the most cited economist of the past 10 years according to Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) data. |
| 2014 | Condemned widespread anti-Armenian rhetoric in Turkish textbooks and called for their removal from circulation. |
| 2014 | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences and earned $841,380, making him one of the top earners at MIT. |
| May 2014 | Wrote an op-ed in Foreign Affairs analyzing Erdogan's drift from democracy in Turkey. |
| 2013 | Received the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award in Social Sciences from Turkish President Abdullah Gül. |
| 2013 | Wrote an op-ed in The New York Times criticizing the crackdown on Gezi Park protests in Turkey and challenging the notion of Turkey as a mature democracy. |
| October 2013 | Participated via video in the Armenian Economic Association's annual conference at Yerevan State University, discussing Armenia's political challenges. |
| 2012 | Honored with the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics from Northwestern University for fundamental contributions to understanding political institutions, technical change, and economic growth. |
| 2012 | Identified societal polarization caused by economic inequality as the biggest problem for the US. |
| 2011 | Began editing Econometrica, an academic journal published by the Econometric Society. |
| 2011 | Ranked third in a survey of 'Favorite Living Economists Under Age 60' among American economists, behind Paul Krugman and Greg Mankiw. |
| March 2011 | Daron Acemoglu was offered the position of Turkey's permanent representative to the OECD in Paris by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, which he declined to continue his academic career. |
| 2010 | Appointed the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT. |
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