David Brooks climbs the second mountain
My guest for the first in a new run of Free Exchange episodes is the New York Times columnist and bestselling author David Brooks. His previous books include The Road to Character, The Social Animal and Bobos in Paradise. Most recently, he is the author of The Second Mountain.
In his latest work, he deals with a bigger issue than the stuff we usually worry about here at CapX: what does it mean to live a good life?
That is a personal question, and The Second Mountain is a very personal book. But it is not without political implications. Mr Brooks is critical of meritocracy. He cites the grim…
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