Comanor Event - Daron Acemoglu

Monday, April 10, 2023

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Sharpless Hall KINSC S101 Sharpless Auditorium

04/10/2023 05:30 PM America/New_York Comanor Event - Daron Acemoglu Sharpless Hall

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Kim Minor

kminor@haverford.edu

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“Power and Progress: Our Thousand Year Struggle over Technology and Poverty”

Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Power and Progress: Our Thousand Year Struggle over Technology and Poverty”

MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2023, 5:30 – 7:00 P.M. in SHARPLESS AUDITORIUM

Professor Acemoglu's academic work covers political economy, economic development, economic growth, technological change, inequality, labor economics, and economics of networks. He co-authored the New York Times bestseller Why Nations Fail: Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (with James A. Robinson; Currency, 2012). His newest book, Power and Progress: Our Thousand Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (with Simon Johnson; Public Affairs), will be published in May 2023.

This event is co-sponsored by the Distinguished Visitor's Program and
The William Comanor '59 lecture series.

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