Binder and Witt (2012) reject the inclusion of the capability approach in sustainability economics because Sen's idea lacks a dynamic approach. A dynamic character, they argue, is nevertheless relevant for analyzing co-evolutionary processes. They also raise the point that
preference endogeneity is a serious theoretical problem, making welfare economics an inappropriate tool for sustainable development policies. Since individual preferences change over time, they “provide no longer a coherent measuring rod for comparing the welfare in different states at different points of time” (p. 722). The authors call for an evolutionary perspective of the capability approach.