We Just Need More Liberalism

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In the absence of inloco parents customs, we need now the state to exercise a kind of juridical realm over questions of whether or not consent was given. And that doesn't seem to me to be particularly attractive alternative to what we're much more local and seems to me much more personally invested forms of formationa ideal. There's an underlying theme in the book, which which i'm deeply sympathetic to, a which is, 'We can solve everything, just in we just need to, we need more liberalism'

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.