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Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is he right?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Why Liberalism Failed

Former President Barack Obama was reading a book by Patrick Deneen called Why Liberalism Failed. He thought I had a valuable analysis, particularly of an age of income inequality and social inequality, but that he disagreed with a number of my conclusions. "I think many of the stresses that our political and economic system are now in are pretty much a direct result of this remaking of the world," says Deneen.

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