Apollon Kyriakou

The survival of democracy is no longer a philosophical debate. It is an engineering problem. From the European sovereign debt crisis to the impending displacement of human labor by artificial intelligence, modern democratic states are facing existential shocks. To prevent total systemic collapse, governments are increasingly forced to make hard, unyielding choices-locking in strict macroeconomic austerity, rigid environmental mandates, or absolute central bank independence.
But these necessary survival tactics come at a devastating cost. When a state removes critical policies from the hands of the voters, it triggers a catastrophic loss of public trust. The resulting anger fuels populist revolts, paralyzes legislatures, and threatens to tear the social contract apart. Political economy researcher Apollon Kyriakou, shaped by the visceral reality of the 2010 Greek debt crisis, rejects the fatalistic assumption that free societies must choose between technocratic survival and populist collapse.
In Post-Neoliberal Pragmatism, Kyriakou unveils a groundbreaking, mathematically sound framework for democratic resilience: The Endogenous Recovery Engine. Through rigorous systemic analysis and compelling historical case studies, this book reveals how states can enforce the rigid rules necessary to save themselves without losing the consent of the governed. Post-Neoliberal Pragmatism is not just a theoretical critique; it is a tactical blueprint for the next century of governance.