Yuval Levin is nothing if not optimistic. Despite setbacks that he and his fellow movement conservatives have experienced so far this election cycle, he’s certain that the present moment offers a chance to look at our challenges with a clear vision and adjust accordingly. This will help us overcome the pessimism and populist anger expressed by the Donald Trump campaign.In his bestselling new book, “The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in the Age of Individualism,” Levin takes conservatives and progressives to task for pining after eras past. Relying too much on old policies prevents both parties from adapting to the challenges of a globalized economy and the post-1960s cultural war.“Democrats talk about public policy as though it were always 1965 and the model of the Great Society welfare state will answer our every concern,” Levin writes. “And Republicans talk as though it were always 1981 and a repetition of the Reagan Revolution is the cure for what ails us. It is hardly surprising that the public finds the resulting political debates frustrating.”Levin has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought and is the editor of National Affairs as well as the Hertog Fellow at the…
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