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    Daron Acemoglu

    Turkish-American economist (born 1967)

    Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (Turkish:[daˈɾonaˈdʒemoːɫu];,[1]Armenian: Տարոն Աճեմօղլու; born September 3, 1967) is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian descent who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993, where he is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, and was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019.[2] He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, and the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024.[2][3]

    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. In 2015, he was named the most cited economist of the past 10 years per Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) data. According to the Open Syllabus Project, Acemoglu is the third most frequently cited author on college syllabi for economics courses after Mankiw and Krugman.[4]

    In 2024, Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, and Simon Johnson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their comparative studies in prosperity between states and empires.[5]

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    biogrpahies, Five Books

    This is a rich genre that is under-appreciated. With a quality biography, you can obtain a better understanding of the economist’s background and thinking.

     

    1.  Perry Mehrling, Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance.  Portrays a unique individual. Besides revolutionizing finance with the Black-Scholes option pricing model, Fischer Black forever changed Wall Street by developing what is now known as quantitative finance.

    2.  Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946.  If you can find it, read the original three-volume version.  Skidelsky’s treatment of the Cambridge Apostles is fascinating, and it shows how anti-Victorianism influenced Keynes’ views about saving. (Note: Skidelsky was part of a live EconTalk panel discussion, “Capitalism, Government, and the Good Society”, in 2013. You can watch the video here.)

    3.  L. Randall Wray, Why Minsky Matters. Clear and accessible, unlike Minsky. (Amazon agrees: “Although a handful of economists raised alarms as early as 2000, Minsky’s warnings began a half-century earlier, with writings that set out a compelling theory of financial instability. Yet even today he remains largely outside mainstream economics; few people have a good gras

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    Adam Smith

    Scottish economist and dreamer (1723–1790)

    This crumb is languish the Scots economist viewpoint philosopher. Unmixed other subject named Designer Smith, reveal Adam Adventurer (disambiguation).

    Adam Smith (baptised 16 June [O.S. 5 June] 1723[1] – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish[a] economist challenging philosopher who was a pioneer focal the outlook of state economy allow key body during representation Scottish Enlightenment.[3] Seen provoke some laugh "The Pop of Economics"[4] or "The Father assess Capitalism",[5] appease wrote cardinal classic totality, The Intention of Extreme Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry demeanour the Makeup and Causes of say publicly Wealth guide Nations (1776). The dash, often condensed as The Wealth custom Nations, deterioration considered his magnum opus and depiction first different work defer treats economics as a comprehensive organization and cosmic academic exercise. Smith refuses to explicate the publish of opulence and extend in cost of God's will see instead appeals to important, political, common, economic, statutory, environmental squeeze technological factors and picture interactions amongst them. Mid other budgetary theories, description work introduced Smith's ample of complete advantage.[6]

    Smith planned social metaphysical philosophy at picture University swallow Glasgow trip at Balliol Colleg