The endless struggle between power and progress

Institute Professor at MIT, Faculty Co-Director of MIT’s Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, and a Research Affiliate at MIT's newly established Blueprint Labs; fellow of National Academy of Sciences, British Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2024 (with Co-Laureates Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson).

Managing Editor, Head of Special Reports and Projects for Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. Among them, the Special Reports on the Italian fastest growing companies and the Italian most sustainable companies (with the partner Statista).

He is a data journalist and a science and technology journalist for Il Sole 24 Ore, an Italian national business newspaper. He has worked in television, radio, agency, internet and print media, mainly covering topics related to economy, science and technology.