Since the dawn of their prolific collaboration in 1998, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson have confronted a plethora of cardinal questions in social sciences: Which institutions support long-term growth (Acemoglu et al., 2005)? What economic conditions facilitate the consolidation of...

1. Reclaiming Democratic Classical Liberalism; David Ellerman -- 2. Democracy, Liberalism, and Discretion: The Political Puzzle of the Administrative State; Stephen Turner -- 3. Ordoliberalism as the Operationalisation of Liberal Politics; Mikayla Novak -- 4. Liberalism, Through a Glass Darkly;...

"A crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others--and explains how it can continue to thrive despite new threats"--

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Freedom and law -- Freedom and rights -- The nature and purpose of government: a Lockean view -- Liberal democracy -- Constitutional considerations -- Bibliography -- About the author