COLONISATION and ECONONIC GROWTH
What makes rich countries rich and poor countries poor?
Laurie Taylor talks to Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Professor Acemoglu argues that, for developing countries, their economic growth dates back to their colonial history and that it is not “who” colonised them, but “how”they were colonised that counts.
SPEEDING
Laurie Taylor is joined by the statistician Professor Ian Diamond to take another look at how people view speeding on Britain’s roads.
Is it more dangerous to drive very fast than very slowly and can current statistics really show that speeding causes accidents?
Additional information:
Professor Daron Acemoglu
Professor of Economics at MIT
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson and Yunyong Thaicharoen
Journal of Monetary Economics, volume 50, pp. 49-123
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson
Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 117, pp. 1231-1294
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson and Simon Johnson
American Economic Review, volume 91, pp. 1369-1401.
Professor Ian Diamond
Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council
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