In defense of open society
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210).

Soros brings together a collection of his writings, some never previously published. They deal with a wide range of timely topics: the dangers that the instruments of control produced by artificial intelligence and machine learning pose to open societies; what Soros calls his "political philanthropy"; his founding of the Central European University, one of the world's foremost defenders of academic freedom; his philosophy; his boom/bust theory of financial markets and its policy implications; and what he calls the tragedy of the European Union. Soros's affirmation of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, social justice, and social responsibility as a universal idea is a call-to-arms for the ideals of open society.