At The End of Democracy As We Know It? Professor Arjen van Witteloostuijn analyzes the effects of overregulation, inequality and media polarization on democracy. Van Witteloostuijn is director of the economic faculty of the University of Amsterdam and affiliated with the University of Antwerp. His book is a stimulating essay in which he provides the first building blocks of a so-called "ecological complexity perspective": a way of looking at how mutually reinforcing forces, from overregulation to social media, lead to a downward spiral that puts democracy under pressure. His call: it is high time to act.
The End of Democracy As We Know It? provides valuable insights for scientific economics education:
➡️ Economic inequality is not only a social problem, but also has implications for politics and democracy.
➡️ Neoliberal policies have weakened trust in institutions.
➡️ Technology strengthens information bubbles and undermines critical debate.
➡️ Democracy and economics are fundamentally linked - and require interdisciplinary reflection.
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