Daron Acemoglu: What happened to liberal democracy?

Liberalism offered a glittering promise of shared prosperity, equality, democratic values and the free pursuit of knowledge. Once a tantalising beacon of hope, today it has begun to erode and decay at the hands of elitism, intolerance and rising autocracy. One could say that liberalism is broken. So what comes next?

One of the world’s most influential economists, Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu joins us to chart the rise and fall of liberal democracy, looking at rapid advances in technology, global political history, and economics to chart the successes and failures of our political system.

This is an unmissable talk for anyone concerned with the systemic failures of our politics today.

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