What Happened To Liberal Democracy? (remaking A Politics Of Shared Prosperity - From The Winner Of The Nobel Prize In Economics)

By (author) Acemoglu Daron
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A new theory of liberalism for a post-industrial world, from nobel prize winning author of Why Nations Fail
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''Timely ... an important call to arms'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''A must-read'' THOMAS PIKETTY, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century ''A thoughtful solution to the most important question of modern democracy'' JARED DIAMOND, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel ''Brilliant and insightful a tour de force'' 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.
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This book makes a powerful case for rebuilding Roosevelt-like "working-class liberalism". A very important work and a must-read
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I massively enjoyed [this] book
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Millions of readers will treasure Acemoglu''s thoughtful proposed solution to the most important question of modern democracy
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An urgent rallying cry for a new politics of shared prosperity, [from] the most influential contemporary analyst of the links among economics, technology and politics. Timely and thought-provoking, [this book] is an important call to arms
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This urgent book reminds us that the path charted by technology is not destiny, it is a moral and political choice. In these unsettled times, Acemoglu forces us to reckon with our very human responsibility to stand up for (and with) the less powerful
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Brilliant and insightful. Acemoglu pinpoints what is going wrong in the modern world, and charts a reasonable path to something much better. A tour de force that left me feeling more optimistic about the future than I have in a long time
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Acemoglu absolutely nails the problem and offers parties such as the Democrats an indispensable blueprint for power ... [in] the most refreshing version of a new progressivism that I have encountered in years
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The Nobel-winning economist takes aim at elites for no longer meeting the needs of the masses ... Acemoglu is a smooth and intelligent writer, and there is much in here to fascinate, particularly when he is on home turf
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The title of this book poses the key question of governance for our era. We desperately need coherent visions for a liberal democracy of the twenty-first century, and in these pages Acemoglu lays one out with clarity, conviction, and nuance
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A sharp, unsentimental diagnosis of the structural failures destabilising liberal democracy today. This is a necessary and precise roadmap for navigating the institutional crises ahead. Acemoglu clearly shows the future that begins after ''the end of history''
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This book is a major paradigm shift
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One of the most creative economists of our time, Acemoglu argues that the direction of new technologies is not a fact of nature but a question for democratic citizens to decide. His "working-class liberalism" would recall liberalism from its technocratic tendencies and make it an energizing force for solidarity and freedom
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Combining economic, historical and philosophical perspectives, Daron Acemoglu not only gives us an o