Daron Acemoglu

  • La democracia paga: nueva evidenca sobre su impacto en el crecimiento económico

    La democracia paga: nueva evidenca sobre su impacto en el crecimiento económico

    Es tentador ser escépticos sobre la relación causal entre democracia y crecimiento económico, especialmente con ejemplos como China, el eclipse de la primavera árabe o el aumento del populismo en Europa y Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, nueva evidencia empírica muestra que la democratización aumenta el PIB per cápita entre 20…

  • The Older, the Better: Aging Nations in the Automation Era

    The Older, the Better: Aging Nations in the Automation Era

    In 1938, Alvin Hansen—the “American Keynes”—introduced a phrase that would form the basis of worry for policymakers in developed nations the world over. In the face of plunging birth rates and ever-increasing life expectancies, OECD nations were soon to face a “secular stagnation,” with waves of retirees withdrawing from both…

  • Do Industrial Robots Contribute to Unemployment and Lower Wages?

    Do Industrial Robots Contribute to Unemployment and Lower Wages?

    Over the past few years, rapid advances in technology have posed greater threats to jobs, especially those vulnerable to automation. Recently, McKinsey published a report analyzing the technical feasibility of automation in several occupations and concluded that service, manufacturing, and construction industries are all at risk of automation. Yet, the…

  • Avoiding Systemic Risks and Tackling Recessions: A Network Perspective

    Avoiding Systemic Risks and Tackling Recessions: A Network Perspective

    Employing network theory to understand social and economic interactions is coming into prominence, and these authors want to understand this phenomenon.