NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS 2024 FOR DARON ACEMOGLU, SIMON JOHNSON, AND JAMES A. ROBINSON: SOME NOTES
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https://doi.org/10.35774/jee2024.04.714Keywords:
automation, democracy, inclusive and extractive institutions, Nobel laureates, technological change.Abstract
The article systematically presents the scientific achievements of the 2024 Nobel Prize winners Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. The main directions of theoretical and applied development of the key provisions of their research results are formulated.
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Received: December 2, 2024.
Reviewed: December 5, 2024.
Accepted: December 9, 2024.
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