Sebastian Younger is the author of The Perfect Storm, Fire, a Death in Belmont War. He has covered major international news stories around the world. His latest book from 2016 is Tribe on Homecoming and Belonging. It brings together many themes that we've been talking about this year as part of Econ Talk.
Journalist and author Sebastian Junger talks about his book Tribe with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Junger explores the human need to be needed and the challenges facing many individuals in modern society who struggle to connect with others. His studies of communal connection include soldiers in a small combat unit and American Indian society in the nineteenth century.