--- title: Daron Acemoglu | TIME description: Daren Acemoglu received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024. He is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and faculty co-director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work. He is the author of several books, including What Happened to Liberal Democracy: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity. canonical: https://time.com/author/daron-acemoglu/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/daron-acemoglu/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daron Acemoglu ## Daron Acemoglu Daren Acemoglu received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024\. He is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and faculty co-director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work. He is the author of several books, including [_What Happened to Liberal Democracy: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity_](https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-Liberal-Democracy-Prosperity/dp/B0G1Y5T2YS)_._ ## Daron Acemoglu *  Aug 13, 2026 ### [How College Education Divided America](https://time.com/article/2026/08/13/how-college-education-divided-america/) “There is nothing natural about the educational segregation that has emerged in the United States,” ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 21, 2020 ### [The Road to Recovery: How Targeted Lockdowns for Seniors Can Help the U.S. Reopen](https://time.com/5840194/targeted-lockdowns-coronavirus/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/daron-acemoglu/","name":"Daron Acemoglu"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/daron-acemoglu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/daron-acemoglu/"},"name":"Daron Acemoglu","jobTitle":"","description":"Daren Acemoglu received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024. He is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and faculty co-director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work. He is the author of several books, including What Happened to Liberal Democracy: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity.","url":"https://time.com/author/daron-acemoglu/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```