What Happened to Liberal Democracy? (Hardback)
Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity - FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS
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A new theory of liberal democracy from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Why Nations Fail
'A very important work and a must-read' THOMAS PIKETTY, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
'A thoughtful proposed solution to the most important question of modern democracy' JARED DIAMOND, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
'Brilliant and insightful, a tour de force that left me feeling more optimistic about the future than I have in a long time' STEVEN LEVITT, author of Freakonomics
From its inception, liberalism offered a glittering promise of shared prosperity, equality, democratic values and the free pursuit of knowledge. At first, it flourished. And then it faltered. Once a tantalising beacon of hope, it began to erode and decay at the hands of elitism, intolerance and rising autocracy.
One could say that liberalism is broken. So what comes next?
Nobel prize-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu charts the rise and fall of liberal democracy, and offers hope for a way forward: a new theory that lays the groundwork for how we can - and must - remake liberalism before it's too late.
What Happened to Liberal Democracy? (Ebook)
Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity - FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS
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A new theory of liberal democracy from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Why Nations Fail
'A very important work and a must-read' THOMAS PIKETTY, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
'A thoughtful proposed solution to the most important question of modern democracy' JARED DIAMOND, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
'Brilliant and insightful, a tour de force that left me feeling more optimistic about the future than I have in a long time' STEVEN LEVITT, author of Freakonomics
From its inception, liberalism offered a glittering promise of shared prosperity, equality, democratic values and the free pursuit of knowledge. At first, it flourished. And then it faltered. Once a tantalising beacon of hope, it began to erode and decay at the hands of elitism, intolerance and rising autocracy.
One could say that liberalism is broken. So what comes next?
Nobel prize-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu charts the rise and fall of liberal democracy, and offers hope for a way forward: a new theory that lays the groundwork for how we can - and must - remake liberalism before it's too late.
What Happened to Liberal Democracy? (Audiobook)
Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity - FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS
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A new theory of liberal democracy from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Why Nations Fail
'A very important work and a must-read' THOMAS PIKETTY, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
'A thoughtful proposed solution to the most important question of modern democracy' JARED DIAMOND, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
'Brilliant and insightful, a tour de force that left me feeling more optimistic about the future than I have in a long time' STEVEN LEVITT, author of Freakonomics
From its inception, liberalism offered a glittering promise of shared prosperity, equality, democratic values and the free pursuit of knowledge. At first, it flourished. And then it faltered. Once a tantalising beacon of hope, it began to erode and decay at the hands of elitism, intolerance and rising autocracy.
One could say that liberalism is broken. So what comes next?
Nobel prize-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu charts the rise and fall of liberal democracy, and offers hope for a way forward: a new theory that lays the groundwork for how we can – and must – remake liberalism before it's too late.
Reviews for What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
Thomas Piketty, bestselling author of CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Esther Duflo, 2019 Nobel laureate in Economics and author of POOR ECONOMICS
Steven Levitt, bestselling author of FREAKONOMICS
Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and bestselling author of ENLIGHTENMENT NOW
Ece Temelkuran, author of HOW TO LOSE A COUNTRY
James Robinson, 2024 Nobel laureate in Economics and co-author of WHY NATIONS FAIL
Michael Sandel, author of THE TYRANNY OF MERIT
Philip Pettit, L.S. Rockefeller University Professor of Human Values, Princeton University and Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University
Ro Khanna, author of PROGRESSIVE CAPITALISM
Joel Mokyr, 2025 Nobel laureate in Economics and author of A CULTURE OF GROWTH
Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel laureate in Economics and Former Chief Economist, IMF
Angus Deaton, 2015 Nobel laureate in Economics
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Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics
Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu is an 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.
He has been awarded several prizes for this work, including the John Bates Clark Medal, the Nemmers Prize, the BBVA Frontiers Award, and the Global Economy Prize. Most recently, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024.
Acemoglu's work and writing has been featured in leading publications, including, among others, the New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Prospect, TIME, and WIRED magazines.
Acemoglu is the author of six books, including Why Nations Fail with James A. Robinson, for which they were jointly awarded the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize.