Daron Acemoglu

What Happened to Liberal Democracy?

Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu argues that liberal democracy flourished when it pursued its core promises of shared prosperity, democratic governance, and the free pursuit of knowledge. But liberalism, a philosophy built to challenge power, never fully adjusted to becoming the establishment. Using the wide interdisciplinary lens that has won him global acclaim, Acemoglu lays out the successes and failures of our most important political system, and his vision of a new way forward…

Daron Acemoglu

2024 Nobel Prize-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail

Daron is an institute Professor at MIT and Faculty Co-Director of MIT’s Shaping the Future of Work Initiative. He has been awarded, among others, the John Bates Clark Medal, the Nemmers Prize, the Global Economy Prize and the Nobel Prize in Economics. He is the co-author of Why Nations Fail, which has sold over one million copies worldwide. His new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy? will be published on August 20th.

'This book makes a powerful case for rebuilding Roosevelt-like "working-class liberalism". A very important work and a must-read'.

Thomas Piketty, bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

Daron Acemoglu

2024 Nobel Prize-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail

Daron is an institute Professor at MIT and Faculty Co-Director of MIT’s Shaping the Future of Work Initiative. He has been awarded, among others, the John Bates Clark Medal, the Nemmers Prize, the Global Economy Prize and the Nobel Prize in Economics. He is the co-author of Why Nations Fail, which has sold over one million copies worldwide. His new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy? will be published on August 20th.