The Narrow Corridor
by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
Liberty as a narrow corridor between a too-weak and too-strong state, requiring society to keep the state shackled. Dense and ambitious.
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Three things you will actually use
- Liberty is balance.
- Society must run to stay in place.
- State and society grow together.
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The corridor of liberty.
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