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20 December 2019 | Economist Daron Acemoğlu discusses how institutions bolstering liberty evolve, why society's involvement and rebellion is critical, how institutions can be molded to protect liberty, and why we are going through a period of danger for liberty.

In most places and at most times, the strong have dominated the weak and human freedom has been quashed by force or by customs and norms. Either states have been too weak to protect individuals from these threats, or states have been too strong for people to protect themselves from despotism.
Is political liberty a durable construct, arrived at by a process of enlightenment and protected by well-designed constitutions?
Is protecting liberty much harder than we thought?

Read more about his lecture, hosted by Boğaziçi University, Turkey in partnership with Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul, at bit.ly/2q5IYaU

The Kapuscinski Development Lectures (#KATalks) features top global thinkers discussing the pressing development issues of our time. The series is a partnership between UNDP and the European Commission, and the lectures are hosted by universities and development think-tanks across Europe and beyond. Read more: kapuscinksilectures.eu