Daron Acemoglu has been the target of an unusually harsh piece in The Economist, which prompted fellow economists to come to his aid. Most of those who came to his defense questioned the very idea that a magazine could challenge the scientific output of one of the most prominent social scientists of his generation—and a Nobel laureate.
Daron Acemoglu has been the target of an unusually harsh piece in The Economist, which prompted fellow economists to come to his aid.
Most of those who came to his defense questioned the very idea that a magazine could challenge the scientific output of one of the most prominent social scientists of his generation—and a Nobel laureate.
Among those who joined the debate is Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago.
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Daron Acemoglu has been the target of an unusually harsh piece in The Economist, which prompted fellow economists to come to his aid. Most of those who came to his defense questioned the very idea that a magazine could challenge the scientific output of one of the most prominent social scientists of his generation—and a Nobel laureate. Among those who joined the debate is Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago.
This is a curious line of defense, and an old one.
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