Daron Acemoglu: belief

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…For you, what are the limits of free speech, and how do you decide where they go? I wish I could say that, for me, there should be no limits to free speech. Ultimately, that’s what I believe if you allow me to define free speech. If I just said that sentence, you would give me an immediate counter example, having read my book. You would say, “But you’re in favor of regulating social media. Isn’t that restrictions on free speech?” I actually don’t believe so. I think I would like to be a free speech absolutist while also regulating social media. I can say more on this, but it looked like you had a question. Children are a complicated case for any liberal theory, I would say, right?…

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