Suicide of the West

In his book Suicide of the West, two-time New York Times bestselling author, syndicated columnist, National Review senior editor and American Enterprise Institute fellow Jonah Goldberg argues that Western democracies are in peril as they lose the will to defend the values and institutions that sustain freedom and prosperity. Instead, we are surrendering to populism, nationalism and other forms of tribalism. Only once in the last 250,000 years have humans stumbled upon a way to lift themselves out of the endless cycle of poverty, hunger, and war that defines most of the history—in 18th century England when we accidentally discovered the miracle of liberal democratic capitalism. As Americans, we are doubly blessed that those radical ideas were written into the Constitution, laying the groundwork for our uniquely prosperous society: Our rights come from God not from the government.