The Evolutionary Limits of Liberalism Democratic Problems, Market Solutions and the Ethics of Preference Satisfaction /

• Main Author: Faria, Filipe Nobre (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism,
• Subjects: Evolutionary economics.; Political philosophy.; Political theory.; Economic policy.; Capital market.; Institutional/Evolutionary Economics.; Political Philosophy.; Political Theory.; Economic Policy.; Capital Markets.

This book assesses the evolutionary sustainability of liberalism. The book's central claim is that liberal institutions ultimately weaken their social groups in the evolutionary process of inter-group competition. In this sense, institutions relying on the liberal satisfaction of preferences re...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. From Public Choice to Evolutionary Theory
• 3. Public Choice Theory: Liberal Democracy's Shortcomings and Their Institutional Market Enhancing Solutions
• 4. The Evolutionary Framework: Multilevel Selection, Morality and Preferences
• 5. Reassessing Liberal Democracy's Shortcomings and Their Institutional Market Enhancing Solutions
• 6. The Market: Evolutionary Limits and Possibilities
• 7. Conclusion.