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Do Institutions Matter? Taking Another Look at the Claims of Daron Acemoglu
15 October 2026

Do Institutions Matter? Taking Another Look at the Claims of Daron Acemoglu

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Nobel Prize winner Daron Acemoglu writes that western colonialism of African countries has permanently fixed their institutional direction. This ignores what we know about the history of these nations.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-institutions-matter-taking-another-look-claims-daron-acemoglu