Strikingly, the visible differences between groups are less important than invisible differences between individuals. But to get to the nub of the Leave-Remain divide, we need to go even deeper, to the level of attitudes and personality. Age, education, national identity and ethnicity are more important than income or occupation. Brexit voters, like Trump supporters, are motivated by identity, not economics. London versus the regions, poor versus rich. Here, he demonstrates the importance of invisible differences between groups, and argues that it was primarily values that motivated voters, not economic inequality.īritain’s choice to vote Leave, we are told, is a protest by those left behind by modernisation and globalisation. Knowing where Leave voters live does not, in itself, explain why individuals chose to vote a certain way. But this tells us only so much, writes Eric Kaufmann. Hayek (1899–1992) said, If old truths.The story of the referendum is usually told through geography: areas that had been left behind by globalisation voted to Leave. Matson In his 1960 book The Constitution of Liberty, F. A. Hayek: Economics, Political Economy, and Social Philosophy by Peter J. Reviewed by Ben Sixsmith Max Boot, like newspaper columnist Jennifer Rubin, once claimed to be a conservative critic of President Donald Trump, but has become.īy Erik W. Reviewed by John Bicknell One could make the case that Yale professor Joanne Freeman is obsessed with people getting.īy Ben Sixsmith | Dec 2, 2018The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right by Max Boot. The Bloody (Congressional) Road to Disunionīy John Bicknell | Dec 2, 2018The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War By Joanne B. Reviewed by Addison Del Mastro The Republic of Letters is one of those fascinating history books that introduces an almost completely new element of analysis into already. Reviewed by Elizabeth Bittner The image of the fiery angel, as employed by Michael Walsh in his latest work, is.īy Addison Del Mastro | Dec 2, 2018The Republic of Letters by Marc Fumaroli.

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