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...Power and Progress: Our Thousand Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson (Basic Books/PublicAffairs) Listen to the technorati of Silicon Valley and you would believe...
...She blames a mixture of her own campaign’s inadequacies (failure to focus enough on the Midwest being a prime example, and her own gaffe on “deplorables”), Russian interference, the decision by the FBI’s James...
...Technology and jobs Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, is one of a quartet of books that examine tensions caused by the rapid...
...And in the FT, check out James Kynge’s worrisome look at the deepening authoritarian axis between Russia and China, as well as this great weekend essay on why the current riots in France underscore the need...
...Democracy and capitalism are complementary, in that both assume human agency, rely on the rule of law, reject ascribed status, and depend on what the economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson call a “...
...Consulting firm AlixPartners has promoted Dan Ritter to CFO, replacing Lisa Carnoy. Allen & Overy has hired Harsh Pais as a partner in London and head of its India corporate practice....
...Jeffrey Sachs’ The End of Poverty emphasises the role of aid to deliver a “big push”, while Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson sees a country’s institutions as a critical determinant of...
...Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson (Public Affairs) Economists Acemoglu and Johnson make the case that decisions about technology...
...If I start with Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, of course it would be great if we have inclusive institutions....
...This Vanity Fair piece by James Pogue on the “New Right”, which is neither MAGA nor Mitt Romney, is a useful read....
...Daron Acemoglu, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, argues that international lenders — including not only the EBRD but also other government-owned banks — deserve some of the blame...
...James Smith (ING): The BoE is nearing the end of its tightening cycle....
...Henrich’s view echoes another big idea book of the past year, The Narrow Corridor by economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson....
...In their latest book, MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and the University of Chicago’s James Robinson, authors of the highly influential Why Nations Fail , provide a framework in which to address the question of how...
...In The Narrow Corridor, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson explain the dilemma faced by an effective despotism. It can allow entrepreneurs off the reins, to enormous effect....
...Glenister’s James is not so much a rough diamond as an unpolished piece of coal, with a similar propensity for warmth....
...Lionel Barber’s choices My two picks are both from 2012: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson and Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, writes Lionel Barber....
...The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies and the Fate of Liberty, by Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson, Viking, RRP£25/Penguin, RRP$32 “Liberty originates from a delicate balance of power between state...
...Academics Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson are more optimistic on the resilience of Turkish democracy after Recep Tayyip Erdogan: (Project Syndicate) “He who wins by the ballot box loses by the ballot...
...Last year, 81 per cent of US companies that went public reported losses in the 12 months before their IPOs, according to data collected by Jay Ritter, a University of Florida finance professor....
...His method was top-down and, in the words of the writers Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, “brutal but effective”....
...Daron Acemoglu is the Elizabeth and James Killian professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Murat Ucer is Turkey adviser at GlobalSource Partners....
...Rubin Ritter, one of Zalando’s three co-chief executives, said that the group would expand its workforce by 2,000 roles this year, as well as investing in its technology and operating systems....
...Rubin Ritter, one of Zalando’s co-chief executives, said the company was going “from strength to strength”. “We have built a strong platform for ongoing progress,” he added....
...Other readables James Crabtree writes that Singapore is not the laissez faire paradise some make it out to be....
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