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Daron Acemoglu

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It may or may not be. That’s why I say that social democracy, as it evolved in Scandinavia and then spread to Europe and to some extent in a modified version to the United States, isn’t the right actualization of liberal ideas today because it very strongly relies on unions and a particular kind of industrial working class.

“It may or may not be. That’s why I say that social democracy, as it evolved in Scandinavia and then spread to Europe and to some extent in a modified version to the United States, isn’t the right actualization of liberal ideas today because it very strongly relies on unions and a particular kind of industrial working class.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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03 / evaluation

The Rousseau’s general will, for example, overrides any kind of consensus that a community, for example, could have because the general will is defined to have precedence over any kinds of agreements or shared moral values or shared priorities.

“The Rousseau’s general will, for example, overrides any kind of consensus that a community, for example, could have because the general will is defined to have precedence over any kinds of agreements or shared moral values or shared priorities.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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Conversations with Tyler

04 / evaluation

When you talk about the US economy has high wages—for example, wage growth was very high in the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, ’70s—that’s not, in my mind, just because of automation.

“When you talk about the US economy has high wages—for example, wage growth was very high in the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, ’70s—that’s not, in my mind, just because of automation.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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05 / evaluation

There is a lot of interesting activity going on there, but the geopolitics is really, very risky. So far, it has somehow managed never to anger Russia, which I don’t know how they manage that.

“There is a lot of interesting activity going on there, but the geopolitics is really, very risky. So far, it has somehow managed never to anger Russia, which I don’t know how they manage that.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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Conversations with Tyler

06 / evaluation

I don’t think I would be that good at it because I think one of the things that you see when you start thinking about the complex of institutions and norms — details matter, leadership matters, collapses matter.

“I don’t think I would be that good at it because I think one of the things that you see when you start thinking about the complex of institutions and norms — details matter, leadership matters, collapses matter.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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Conversations with Tyler

07 / evaluation

Their bureaucratic traditions persisted, but no liberty emerged in the Byzantium Empire because you had the one blade, which was the state institutions, but the other blade, the bottom-up politics, was completely missing.

“Their bureaucratic traditions persisted, but no liberty emerged in the Byzantium Empire because you had the one blade, which was the state institutions, but the other blade, the bottom-up politics, was completely missing.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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Conversations with Tyler

08 / evaluation

Perhaps Europeans brought their culture into some places or messed up the culture in some other places. And the human capital is somewhere in between because human capital is an institutional feature, meaning that it really depends on the educational investments, but it also, of course, has a cultural element.

“Perhaps Europeans brought their culture into some places or messed up the culture in some other places. And the human capital is somewhere in between because human capital is an institutional feature, meaning that it really depends on the educational investments, but it also, of course, has a cultural element.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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Conversations with Tyler

10 / evaluation

It is also about norms and cultures because you really need to write norms and cultures for society to participate in politics, and the right sort of understanding of what that participation is about. But at some level, I also don’t see it that easily being reduced to other stories because it is exactly about this cooperation-and-competition dimension of state and society empowering both, which, at least to our understanding, was not an idea that has received much attention, but when you start thinking about it, it really opens up new horizons about your interpretation of the world.

“It is also about norms and cultures because you really need to write norms and cultures for society to participate in politics, and the right sort of understanding of what that participation is about. But at some level, I also don’t see it that easily being reduced to other stories because it is exactly about this cooperation-and-competition dimension of state and society empowering both, which, at least to our understanding, was not an idea that has received much attention, but when you start thinking about it, it really opens up new horizons about your interpretation of the world.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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Conversations with Tyler

11 / evaluation

I think the Nordhaus numbers are probably extreme because there’s also a lot of business stealing that’s going on at the top, meaning that when people innovate, they actually take other people’s markets.

“I think the Nordhaus numbers are probably extreme because there’s also a lot of business stealing that’s going on at the top, meaning that when people innovate, they actually take other people’s markets.”
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Daron Acemoglu
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Conversations with Tyler
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