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Starr Forum: Is Democracy Dying?
February 26, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Panel Speakers: · Daron Acemoglu, Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT. His most recent book is Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Politics (Crown Business, 2012). · Maria Ramirez a 2018 Nieman Fellow, is a reporter and entrepreneur from Spain who covers U.S. politics for Univision. She is the co-founder of Politibot. · Yascha Mounk Lecturer on Political Theory at Harvard University’s Government Department, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy of the German Marshall Fund, and a Nonresident Fellow at New America’s Political Reform Program. Mounk’s most recent book – The People Versus Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It (Harvard University Press, 2018) – will be available for purchase at the event. Moderator: · Melissa Nobles, Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences – Professor of Political Science, MIT. Nobles is the author of Shades of Citizenship: Race and the Census in Modern Politics
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