PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Daron Acemoglu

Also known as Kamer Daron Acemoğlu, Daron Acemoğlu

Daron Acemoglu is an MIT economist who studies how technology shapes jobs and growth, including the economics of AI. He studied at the University of York and the London School of Economics before he was appointed an assistant professor at MIT in 1993. In 2020 he and Pascual Restrepo found larger employment declines in regions more exposed to industrial robots, and in May 2024 he issued an NBER working paper that evaluates claims about the macroeconomic effects of AI. In 2024 he shared the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel with Simon Johnson and James Robinson. He is an Institute Professor at MIT and faculty director of the Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work.

Timeline

  1. 1989–1993

    Degrees at York and the LSE

    He earns a BA in economics from the University of York in 1989 and a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics in 1992. In 1993 he is appointed an assistant professor at MIT.

  2. 2005

    A John Bates Clark Medal

    He receives the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, an award the American Economic Association gives every two years to the best economist in the United States under 40.

  3. 2020

    Robots and jobs

    With Pascual Restrepo, he publishes 'Robots and Jobs: Evidence from U.S. Labor Markets' in 2020, finding larger employment declines in regions more exposed to industrial robots. His research also covers the economic effects of automation and AI on labor markets.

  4. 2023

    The book Power and Progress

    He and Simon Johnson publish Power and Progress in 2023, a book about who captures the economic growth that technology creates.

  5. May 2024

    The simple macroeconomics of AI

    He issues the NBER working paper 'The Simple Macroeconomics of AI' in May 2024, evaluating claims about large macroeconomic implications of new advances in AI.

  6. October 2024

    A Nobel Prize in economics

    In October 2024 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decides to give the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to him, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. The prize is for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.

  7. May 2026

    Views on AI agents and apps

    In May 2026 he shares views on AI agents and AI apps in MIT Technology Review.

  8. As of October 2026

    Faculty director of the Stone Center

    He is an Institute Professor at MIT and faculty director of the Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work.

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  1. Daron Acemoglu - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Daron Acemoglu | MIT Sloan mitsloan.mit.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Daron Acemoglu: What do we know about the economics of AI? | MIT Economics economics.mit.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. The Simple Macroeconomics of AI | NBER nber.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. The Prize in Economic Sciences 2024 - Press release - NobelPrize.org nobelprize.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Daron Acemoglu – Facts – 2024 - NobelPrize.org nobelprize.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. MIT Technology Review: Three things in AI to watch, according to a Nobel-winning economist - MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work shapingwork.mit.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  8. Daron Acemoglu - MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work shapingwork.mit.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.