The Myth of the Solution of the Problem of Politics

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We all have our, i would call either utopian urge or an illusion about what is possible. And you raise the possibility, really, that it's not fixable. I think there's an illusion about how we can find tune our culture. We just need to get money out of the political system, or whatever it is. It seems to me the deep core of liberalism, that the problems of politics can ultimately be solved through the kind of elimination of politics.

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.