Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite

Daron Acemoglu returns to Conversations with Tyler to discuss his new book *What Happened to Liberal Democracy?* and his diagnosis of what liberalism got wrong. Tyler Cowen presses him on the role of the educated elite, the limitations of automation for widespread prosperity, free speech paradoxes, and how to make AI work for workers. The conversation ranges from social contract theory to the economics of Armenia, with Acemoglu offering a distinctive blend of political philosophy and empirical economics.