Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Sergey Zhavoronkov Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Zhavoronkov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Konstantin Yanovskiy Author-Name-First: Konstantin Author-Name-Last: Yanovskiy Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Плоды социального либерализма и некоторые причины устойчивости выбора неэффективных стратегий (Fruits of the Social Liberalism and some reasons of inefficient strategies choices' stability) Abstract: The authors support restriction of functions of state by the defense and the maintenance of order (pure public goods provision, or, "simply to prevent evil" lige threats to life, liberty and property, instead of "to promote happiness" Humboldt, 1852). They criticize the combination of social doctrines with the ideas of liberalism. In their view the social doctrines distort liberal ideas and create serious problems in the functioning of modern states. Length: 27 pages Creation-Date: 2013 Revision-Date: 2015 Classification-JEL: D78, D73, D72 Keywords: liberalism, social liberalism, Universal Suffrage, Public Goods, Democracy, political competition File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/145Zhavoronkov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2015 Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:145