{
  "id": 814943,
  "title": "Daron Acemoglu: We are \"at the Cusp of Losing\" Liberal Democracy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/daron-acemoglu-we-are-at-the-cusp-of-losing-liberal-democracy",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T22:03:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-13/are-we-at-the-cusp-of-losing-liberal-democracy-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new book 'What Happened to Liberal Democracy?' by Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu examines the evolution of liberalism, and its future amid rapidly advancing technologies like AI. He joins Buisnessweek Daily to discuss why he wrote this book and how social media and online connections influence what democracy needs to thrive, arguing \"if algorithms take the worst of what we say and amplify that,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}