The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded this Monday, October 14, to the three researchers Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson, for their research on understanding differences in prosperity between nations.
The researchers, all three working in the United States, were distinguished “for their studies on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”, explained the jury in its conclusions.
By examining the different political and economic systems introduced by European colonizers, the three economists were able to highlight a link between institutions and prosperity, the committee writes in its press release.
Mr. Acemoglu, 57, is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), just as Mr. Johnson, 61, Mr. Robinson, 64, is a professor at the University of Chicago.
They succeed the American Claudia Goldin, awarded in 2023 for her work on the evolution of the place of women in the job market and their income.
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its commitment to the survivors of the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Royal Academy of Sciences announced this Friday, October 11. Suede.
The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded, Thursday October 10, 2024, to the South Korean novelist Han Kang, for “her intense poetic prose which confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”.
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton the Nobel Prize in Physics for their fundamental work which enabled the development of artificial neural networks which have become essential in computer algorithms. ‘AI.
Awarded since 1901, the Nobel Prizes recognize people who have worked for “the benefit of humanity”, in accordance with the wish of their creator, the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel.
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