1. Daron Acemoglu, a Fellow of the American Academy since 2006, is Charles Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of numerous publications, including “Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labor Markets” (1998), “Productivity Differences” (1999), and with James A. Robinson “Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy” (2006).
2. James A. Robinson is professor of government at Harvard University. With Daron Acemoglu, he coauthored “Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy” (2006). He is also coeditor, with Miguel Urrutia, of the forthcoming “An Economic History of Colombia in the 20th Century.”