Three US-based professors, including two academics with UK origins, were recognized as Nobel Prize recipients in economics for their research on how colonization's institutional frameworks influenced current countries’ wealth status.
The insight of Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu and his colleagues – Simon Johnson from Sheffield and James A Robinson from Britain – posits that long-term inclusive institutions fostered by European settlers led to more affluent societies over time. Conversely, regions established with the intention of exploiting indigenous populations for colonizer benefit faced adverse consequences, resulting in impoverished nations stuck within low economic growth cycles.
The Nobel Prize announcement highlighted this as a significant factor behind why certain former rich territories are now economically challenged and vice versa.
This acclaimed work earned them the Sveriges Riksbank prize in Economic Sciences, which accompanies an award of around £810,000 cash along with a gold medal. The Nobel committee emphasized that mitigating income disparities between nations is one of today's pressing issues and acknowledged how these scholars underscored the significance of societal institutions in this context.
More insights forthcoming from Jakob Svensson, who leads the awarding body for economic sciences.
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