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"La pregunta es, ¿por qué la gente protesta tanto, si es un país tan funcional y organizado? Y la respuesta es porque aún hay enormes patrones de exclusión y desigualdad, y eso tiene que ser enfrentado para llevar a Chile al próximo nivel," decía James Robinson.

As Illinois prepares to decide whether to change its tax structure to a graduated income tax, imposing higher taxes on higher earners, many are concerned about the potential impact. Some say a so-called “Fair Tax” would help fix the state's budget mess, but others caution it would have a negative effect by causing wealthy Illinois residents to leave the state. But University of Chicago Professor Roger Myerson says framing the debate around the idea that higher taxes would make people leave doesn't think the issue through all the way.

A new book by Harris School professor James Robinson and MIT professor Daron Acemoglu, The Narrow Corridor, discusses the necessary conditions for a society in which liberty exists. Robinson spoke with The Maroon about the thesis of The Narrow Corridor, namely that liberty is a product of a continual tension between the power of state and society. If state overwhelms its society or vice versa, he said, liberty will evaporate.