Firdevs Robinson

@DAcemogluMIT We are very proud of you

Dear friends and followers, I'm sharing here the Nobel prize acceptance speech I gave on behalf of Simon Johnson, James Robinson and myself. Thank you everybody. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Dear laureates, Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of Professor Johnson, Professor Robinson, and myself, I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for recognizing our work on the origins of economic and political institutions and the ways in which they shape global inequality. We are heartened by this recognition not just because of the great honor it confers on our work, but also because of the encouragement it provides to many young scholars working on these topics. This has been a collective effort by many people, including some in this room, demonstrating how combining economics and history can shed light on the big questions of social science. Our research showed that inclusive institutions – such as democratic participation, the rule of law, secure property rights, and broad access to economic opportunities – are a major contributor to shared prosperity in all parts of the world. Today, 25 years later, the same institutions are in danger. Democracy is threatened almost everywhere, and support for democratic institutions is at a modern low. And now the world must confront the problems brought by a warming climate, new global power relations, and rapidly aging populations. Perhaps most importantly, AI promises to disrupt everything, everywhere, all at once. History again has lessons for us. Shared prosperity has only occurred during some periods of human history, and it has never been an automatic process. Inclusivity is key. If, in the name of progress, the politically powerful trample on people’s rights and voices, if the privileged start to see the rest of society as expendable, if the elite mistakenly convince themselves that only their ideas and talent matter, this will shatter the institutions that underpin shared prosperity. Institutions are always about choices. What worries us also gives us hope. We can build better institutions and choose a direction for technology that creates more good jobs. But this has to be a collective effort, too – by all of us in this room and beyond, including young researchers as they venture into new areas to ask the big questions about institutions, technology, inequality, and how we can secure shared prosperity in the age of AI.

The best of the best recognising the best of the best. My mornings will never be the same without @MishalHusain

In memory of my close friend and colleague Dr Michael Ford, whose death has just been announced, here's one of the programmes we made together - sensitively presented like all his work. RIP. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

@MilenaBuyum @yozgatedirnetra Acınızı paylaşıyorum Milena. Başınız sağolsun. Aziz babanızın anısı daim olsun.

Babamıza 30 Kasım Cumartesi 12:00’de veda edeceğiz. Çelenk gönderilmemesini rica ederiz. Onun yerine babamızın okulu Surp Haç Tıbrevank’a ve/veya Hrant Dink Okulu’na bağış yapılabilir. Bağış bilgisi için aşağıdaki ilandaki telefon numarasını arayabilirsiniz.

COP29 iflasın astanasında, narazılar tərk edir

The 6th consecutive #PressFreedom mission to #Turkey begins today, organized by IPI & joined by @ECPMF, @pressfreedom, @RSF_tr. We urge Turkey to withdraw 'foreign agent bill' before the parliamentary vote, as it threatens journalism. Read our statement: freeturkeyjournalists.ipi.media/ipi-urges-turk…

"Bezos’ pre-emptive act of surrender damaged the reputation of a great newspaper. Robert Kennedy Jr will soon be forgotten. Trump 2.0, on the evidence of his most recent campaign appearances, is a rambling, unfocused shadow of his former self. He will do damage, for sure, but it may turn out that Musk is the one we should really worry about." My column prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united-s…

Yolun açık olsun Zafer. İlgiyle izleyeceğiz.

Meslek büyüğümüz Özgen Acar’ın ölümünden çok büyük üzüntü duydum. Onurlu gazetecilik yaşamına ek olarak ülkesinin arkeolojik ve tarihi zenginliklerini koruyan, kollayan, çalınanları yıllar süren emek ve azimle geri getiren Acar’ın anısı önünde saygıyla eğiliyorum. Ruhu şad olsun.

Diyenler, aralarında basın özgürlüğü savunucuları olduğunu düşündüklerimiz de var, sanırım son dört beş günde öğrendikleri ışığında belki biraz utanmışlardır.

1/2 Today, IPI stands with 7 other #pressfreedom orgs demanding full justice for the brutal murder of #JamalKhashoggi – 6 yrs since the journalist was killed inside the #Saudi consulate in Istanbul. @wppressfreedom

JUST IN: Mayor Adams has been charged in a federal indictment with bribery, solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, wire fraud and conspiracy. Indictment is 57 pages long and focuses heavily on the mayor's connections to Turkey.

Adams faces five criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors said he sought and accepted benefits including luxury travel from wealthy foreign businesspeople and a Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him reut.rs/4gIyN0y

@nursunerel @Cemiyet1946 Başarılar dilerim Nursun Hanım. Yolunuz açık olsun.

Gazeteciler Cemiyetinde @Cemiyet1946 Bir kadro hareketi başlattık. Demokrasiden yana, yenilikçi, eşitlikçi, özgürlükçü, bağımsız gazetecilik için yola çıktık. Yıllardır üyesi bulunduğumuz Gazeteciler Cemiyetinde değişim istiyoruz, Başkan adayıyım. Nursun Erel

Very interesting insights past and present - by @BehlulOzkan questioned by @amberinzaman Turkey's Islamists tried to topple Syria's Assad, its pro-secular military backed Syrian Islamists against his dad al-monitor.com/podcasts/turke… via @AlMonitor

The Trump Threat to Democracy Has Only Grown by Daron Acemoglu @ProSyn prosyn.org/2ySN4LA

@BenQuinn75 @Kristine3108 Thank you Kristine

Kristine Pommert, a German in London, who said much of what has happened in England in recent days has ‘echoes’ of Germany’s past

Why would anyone buy a Tesla car?

Turkey blocks Instagram over ‘censorship’ of Hamas leader’s death #post-2f29ac11-f9a7-494c-a975-66f54742d541" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ft.com/content/8c294a… via @ft

@DOSTLARTIYATRO Minnetle, şimdiden özlemle. Ruhu şad olsun.

Hoşça kalın dostlarım benim hoşça kalın! Sizi canımda canımın içinde, kavgamı kafamda götürüyorum. Hoşça kalın dostlarım benim hoşça kalın... Resimlerdeki kuşlar gibi dizilip üstüne kumsalın, mendil sallamayın bana. İstemez... Tek hecesiz elveda. .