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12 Aug 2026 Conversations with Tyler Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite
“I think of it as an attempt to redefine and revitalize liberalism for our current times.”
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…Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Conversations with Tyler. Today I’m honored to be sitting here with Daron Acemoglu. He is, of course, Nobel laureate in economics, arguably the best-published and, by some measures, the best-cited economist in the world. Most importantly, he has a new book out, What Happened to Liberal Democracy? This is a major work. I think of it as an attempt to redefine and revitalize liberalism for our current times. Daron, welcome. Thank you, Tyler. It’s my pleasure, and thanks for that wonderful introduction, which gets to the heart of the matter. That’s exactly what my ambition is with the book. Whether it will succeed, that’s much more questionable.…
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