Episode · EconTalk · 2020-03-02
Russ Roberts & Yuval Levin: books mentioned on EconTalk (Mar 2020)
Yuval Levin on A Time to Build
Author and political scientist Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute talks about his book A Time to Build with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Levin argues that institutions in America are less trustworthy than they have been in the past.
Russ Roberts discussed A Time to Build by Yuval Levin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Time to Build
A Time to Build by Yuval Levin is a political science book that examines the decline of institutional duty and how modern citizens increasingly use public platforms for self-aggrandizement rather than upholding communal norms.
Discussed“the problem is you won't read a time to build by you ball event”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged A Time to Build
“his latest book which is the subject of today's conversation is a time to build”
Plugged A Time to Build
“and the book really tries to think through why that would be and what that has to do with the larger kinds of social problems that were confronting in American life”