The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
Daron Acemoglu
Explore the delicate balance between state and society that allows liberty to flourish in some states while others fall to authoritarianism or anarchy. From the authors of the bestselling book Why Nations Fail comes a new big-picture framework that explains how liberty can continue to thrive despite new threats. Discover how liberty depends on the vigilant mobilization of society, and why state institutions must continuously reinvent themselves to meet new challenges. In a time of destabilization, the corridor to liberty is getting narrower and more treacherous, and the danger on the horizon is not just loss of political freedom, but also the prosperity and safety that depend on it.
Publish Date
2019-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
2019-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.24
ISBN
9780735224384
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
There’s a fantastic book I recently read, it’s called The Narrow Corridor,- Nadella said in response to a question from Schwab about runaway pay for executives. - It’s [about] the real, constant tension between what does a society want and … what does the government want … and you have to find the narrow corridor. And similarly I believe between markets, democracies, and liberal values, we have to find the corridor that works, where there isn’t anything out of kilter, whether it’s CEO pay or anything else. – source