Why We're Polarized

by Ezra Klein · 2020

Ezra Klein's account of American political polarization and the incentives that make divisions self-reinforcing.

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Bill GatesCo-founder, Microsoft; philanthropist

Gates included Why We're Polarized in his 2022 summer reading list.

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Policy writer and co-author of Abundance.

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