Daron Acemoglu among Top 100 Global Thinkers: Foreign Policy

Daron Acemoglu among Top 100 Global Thinkers: Foreign Policy
12:52 • 27.11.10
American-based economist of Armenian descent, Professor Daron Acemoglu, has been ranked among the Top 100 Global Thinkers by the Foreign Policy journal, Turkish newspaper Sabah reported, adding in the meantime that the list also includes two Turkish nationals' names, one of them being Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.Ankara demonstrates a great interest in the Turkish-born scholar, wishing him to make his contribution to the country's economy. FM Davutoglu recently invited him to live and work in Turkey."I haven't had the chance to meet Davutoglu in person, but I hope I'll be able to return to Turkey soon," the professor said.Acemoglu was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated from the Galatasaray High School in Istanbul in 1986. He got his B.A. degree from the University of York, UK and his M.S. degree in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics and then his Ph.D. degree in 1992 from the London School of Economics. He was a lecturer in economics at the LSE from 1992-1993. Acemoglu became a member of the M.I.T. faculty in 1993. He was promoted to full professor in 2000, and was named the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics in 2004. He is a member of the Economic Growth program of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research. He is also affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, Center for Economic Performance, and Centre for Economic Policy Research. Acemoglu is currently Professor of Applied Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal. He is among the 10 most cited economists in the world, according to IDEAS/RePEc.
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