The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 to three American economists whose work established the critical role of ...

Nations fail because of their institutions, write Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. The two should know. Along with Simon Johnson, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their ...

I’m reading a fascinating new book called “Why Nations Fail.” The more you read it, the more you appreciate what a fool’s errand we’re on in Afghanistan and how much we need to totally revamp our ...

Three U.S. professors won the Nobel Prize for economics for their study of the importance of societal institutions in a country's prosperity. Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of the ...

This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, Indian Country Today, and High Country News. At the world’s largest gathering of ...

James Robinson speaks to the press, colleagues and students at the University of Chicago after learning that he had won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Oct. 14, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty ...