The Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for their work on the role of institutions in economic prosperity

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Americans Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson on Monday October 14 for their work on how institutions, in the long term, facilitate or hinder economic prosperity. This is the last Nobel of the season after those announced last week.

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”… pic.twitter.com/tuwIIgk393

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 14, 2024