Episode · The Realignment · 2020-12-17
Books mentioned on Ep 84 Season Finale: Richard Hanania on the Working-Class Realignment Myth
Richard’s National Review Article: https://www.nationalreview.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Why We're Polarized
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein is an incisive political analysis examining the structural forces that drive deep partisan division in the United States by reframing political behavior through the lens of group identity rather than individual irrationality.
Discussed“Um, you know, uh, so like, uh, Ezra Klein's book, I don't know if you've seen why we're polarized, you might have read it. Yeah, you know, the one thing he emphasizes every actor in the system is sort of acting rationally.”
