There is an intrinsic linkage between socialism and economic inefficiency.

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude

In acute suffering the need for meaning is as strong or stronger than the need for happiness.

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

East Asia confirms the superior capacity of industrial capitalism in raising the material standard of living of large masses of people.

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe

We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization