BERKELEY – On the back left corner of my desk right now are three recent books: Arthur Brooks’ The Battle, Charles Murray’s Coming Apart, and Nicholas Eberstadt’s A Nation of Takers. Together, they constitute an important intellectual movement, which also happens to be a large part of the reason that American conservatism today has little that is constructive to say about managing the economy – and little purchase on the center of the American electorate.
伯克利—现在，在我书桌的左后角摆着三部新书：布鲁克斯（Arthur Brooks）的《战争》（The Battle）、穆雷（Charles Murray）的《崩溃》（Coming Apart）和埃伯斯塔特（Nicholas Eberstadt）的《匪之国》（A Nation of Takers）。总的来说，它们代表了重要的思想动向，这也恰好是当今美国保守主义对治理经济鲜有建设性意见、在美国选举舞台上频频败北的重要原因。