{"product_id":"what-happened-to-liberal-democracy-paperback","title":"What Happened To Liberal Democracy (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'A very important work and a must-read' THOMAS PIKETTY,\nauthor of Capital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'A thoughtful proposed solution to the most important\nquestion of modern democracy' JARED DIAMOND, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Brilliant and insightful, a tour de force that left me\nfeeling more optimistic about the future than I have in a long time' STEVEN\nLEVITT, author of Freakonomics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrom its inception, liberalism offered a glittering promise\nof shared prosperity, equality, democratic values and the free pursuit of\nknowledge. At first, it flourished. And then it faltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOnce a tantalising beacon of hope, it began to erode and\ndecay at the hands of elitism, intolerance and rising autocracy. One could say\nthat liberalism is broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSo what comes next?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNobel prize-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail Daron\nAcemoglu charts the rise and fall of liberal democracy, and offers hope for a\nway forward: a new theory that lays the groundwork for how we can - and must -\nremake liberalism before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaron Acemoglu\u003c\/b\u003e is the Killian Professor of Economics\nat MIT. In 2005 he received the John Bates Clark Medal awarded to economists\nunder forty judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic\nthought and knowledge. (Photo by Peter Tenzer.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45718861316303,"sku":"9781805228677","price":36.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_00496cef-8a9f-4521-9543-e58b8baa63e8.jpg?v=1786583759","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/what-happened-to-liberal-democracy-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}