40 Facts About Daron Acemoglu

Kamer Daron Acemoglu is a Turkish-born American economist who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993.

Daron Acemoglu is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT.

Daron Acemoglu lectured at LSE for a year before joining the MIT.

Daron Acemoglu was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005.

Daron Acemoglu is best known for his work on political economy.

Daron Acemoglu has authored hundreds of papers, many of which are co-authored with his long-time collaborators Simon Johnson and James A Robinson.

Daron Acemoglu 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.

Kamer Daron Acemoglu was born in Istanbul, Turkey to Armenian parents on September 3,1967.

Daron Acemoglu attended the Aramyan Uncuyan Armenian elementary school and graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1986.

Daron Acemoglu became interested in politics and economics as a teenager.

Daron Acemoglu earned his BA in economics at the University of York in 1989, his MSc in econometrics and mathematical economics and PhD in economics from the London School of Economics, in 1990 and 1992 respectively.

Daron Acemoglu is fluent in English and Turkish, and speaks at least some Armenian.

Daron Acemoglu is married to Asuman "Asu" Ozdaglar, a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and daughter of Ismail Ozdaglar, a former Turkish government minister.

Daron Acemoglu was a lecturer in economics at the LSE from 1992 to 1993.

Daron Acemoglu began lecturing at the MIT in 1993, when he was appointed assistant professor of economics.

Daron Acemoglu was granted a tenure at MIT in 1998, and promoted to full professor in 2000.

Since 2010 Daron Acemoglu has been the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT.

Daron Acemoglu is a fellow of the United States National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society, European Economic Association, and other learned societies.

Daron Acemoglu is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Senior Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Daron Acemoglu was the editor of Econometrica, an academic journal published by the Econometric Society, from 2011 to 2015.

Daron Acemoglu noted in 2011 that most his research of the past 15 years concerned with what can be broadly called political economy.

Daron Acemoglu has made contribution to the labor economics field.

Daron Acemoglu argued against the US adopting the Nordic model in a 2015 op-ed for The New York Times.

Daron Acemoglu has praised the successes of the Progressive Era, and argued in favor of its replication.

Daron Acemoglu argues that the market economy is the only system that creates prosperity.

Daron Acemoglu suggests that free markets are not unregulated markets.

In September 2008, Daron Acemoglu signed a petition condemning the Bush administration's bailout plan of the US financial system.

Daron Acemoglu has voiced concerns regarding the increasing inequality in the US, which in his view turns into political inequality, in turn undermining the inclusiveness of US institutions.

Daron Acemoglu has praised the American tradition of vibrant protest movements dating back to the Populists and the Progressives.

Daron Acemoglu is in favor of raising and indexing the minimum wage.

Daron Acemoglu believes that nation-building by the West is no longer possible around the world because the West now lacks the resources and commitment that were present in post-World War II Germany and Japan, and because countries, such as in the Muslim- and Arab-majority countries, where such work is required today do not trust the West.

Daron Acemoglu argues that socialist states have not been successful in creating prosperity.

Daron Acemoglu suggests that the Republican period has been characterized by an unwillingness to accept ethnic minorities.

In 2014, Daron Acemoglu condemned the widespread anti-Armenian rhetoric in Turkish textbooks, and demanded that the books be pulled from circulation.

Daron Acemoglu has criticized Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government for its authoritarian rule.

In March 2011, Daron Acemoglu was offered by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to become Turkey's permanent representative to the OECD in Paris, which he rejected in order to continue his academic career.

Pashinyan and Daron Acemoglu talked via the internet in June 2018.

Daron Acemoglu met with Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan in Boston in July 2019.

Daron Acemoglu is widely considered a prospective Nobel laureate in Economics.

Daron Acemoglu has been awarded honorary degrees from the following universities: Utrecht University, Bosporus University, Bilkent University, University of Bath, ENS Paris-Saclay, London Business School, Bogazici University, and the University of Athens.