Daron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu

Acemoglu has taught at MIT since 1993. Ranked third, behind Paul Krugman and Greg Mankiw, in the list of “Favorite Living Economists Under Age 60” in a 2011 survey among American economists, he is the third most frequently cited author on college syllabi for economics courses. Acemoglu is the author of several books and has examined the effects of automation and the US tax system.