Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- y publishing a recent article smearing the Nobel laureate economist Daron Acemoglu, The Economist has demonstrated bad judgment, overweening arrogance, and bad faith. The magazine engages with Acemoglu's academic work disingenuously, quoting the snarky comments of unnamed economists interviewed over drinks to support its argument that his influential research makes sweeping, unfounded claims. Acemoglu's research linking institutions to long-run prosperity-the work that the Nobel committee honoured two years ago-supposedly is little better than glib. And Acemoglu's pessimism about AI and his preference for steering technological change through public policy rest on dubious assumptions and underestimate AI's potentia...