You Kow en Tradition's Wrong. You Should Just Reject It

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The breakdown of institutions that once helped to form a good and decent life has resulted in this incredible blowback. And until, let's say, those who now lead the liberal project can recognize this, ah, there's going to be continue to be an ongoing kind of internal clashing," he says.

Political Scientist and author Patrick Deneen of the University of Notre Dame talks about his book Why Liberalism Failed with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. By liberalism, Deneen means the modern enterprise--the push for self-actualization free of the constraints of tradition, family, and religion that typifies modern culture. He argues that both the left and the right have empowered the state and reduced liberty. He argues for a smaller, more local, more artisanal economy and a return to the virtues of self-control and self-mastery.