Jonathan Rauch
Jonathan Rauch | |
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Education | Yale University (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Author, journalist, activist |
Jonathan Charles Rauch (
He is the author of books and articles on public policy, culture, and economics.[2] His books include The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 (2018), Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America (2004);[3] Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working (2000);[4] and Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought (1993; revised second edition in 2013).[5] In 2015, he published a short ebook, Political Realism, arguing that overzealous efforts to clean up politics have hampered the ability of political parties and professionals to order politics and build governing coalitions.[6] In 2021, Rauch released The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth[7] describing the erosion of epistemic commons, the cost to U.S. democracy, and offering solutions.
Writings and beliefs
A critic of U.S. government
Rauch is also well known for an article he wrote in
In terms of political philosophy, Rauch has referred to himself as "an admirer of James Madison and Edmund Burke" and a "radical incrementalist," meaning one who favors "revolutionary change on a geological time scale."[14] He has also summarized Burke's views, and his views, in that "utopianism and perfectionism, however well intended, should never displace reasonable caution in making social policy... It's much easier to damage society... than to repair it."[15]
He has in the past described himself as "an unrepentantly
In political science and economics, Rauch is known for coining and promoting the term "demosclerosis" as "government's progressive loss of the ability to adapt"—a process in which specific benefits, going to special interests, bill the common taxpayer, which uses the medical term sclerosis to apply to government drift.[18] He is a critic of communism, calling it "the deadliest fantasy in human history".[19]
Bibliography
- Rauch, Jonathan (1992). The Outnation: A Search for the Soul of Japan. Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 0875843204.
- Rauch, Jonathan (1993). Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought. University of Chicago Press. OCLC 37628564.
- Rauch, Jonathan (1994). Demosclerosis: The Silent Killer of American Government. Crown. ISBN 978-0812922578.
- Bawer, Bruce (1996). Beyond Queer: Challenging Gay Left Orthodoxy. Free Press. ISBN 978-0684827667.
- Litan, Robert; Rauch, Jonathan (1998). American Finance for the 21st Century. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0815752882.
- Rauch, Jonathan (1999). Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1891620492.
- Rauch, Jonathan (2004). Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America. Times Books. ISBN 978-0805076332.
- Rauch, Jonathan (2013). Denial: My 25 Years Without a Soul. Madison, North Carolina. OCLC 1127392669.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Rauch, Jonathan; Will, George F. (2014). Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226145938.
- Rauch, Jonathan (2015). Political Realism: How Hacks, Machines, Big Money, and Back-Room Deals Can Strengthen American Democracy. Brookings Institution Press.
- Rauch, Jonathan (2019). The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After Midlife. Green Tree. ISBN 978-1472960979.
- Rauch, Jonathan & Benjamin Wittes (Mar 2018). "Boycott the GOP". Dispatches. Politics. The Atlantic. 321 (2): 13–16. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- Rauch, Jonathan (2021). The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0815738862.
References
- ^ Contemporary Authors Online, s.v. "Jonathan Rauch" (accessed April 3, 2008).
- ^ Jonathan Rauch. "Jonathan Rauch | Brookings Institution". Brookings.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ISBN 0805076336.
- ^ Rauch, Jon (2008-08-01). Government's End. PublicAffairs.
- ISBN 9780226145938.
- ^ Rauch, Jonathan (2015). Political Realism: How Hacks, Machines, Big Money, and Back-Room Deals Can Strengthen American Democracy. Brookings Institution.
- S2CID 245238241.
- ^ Aaron, Jane. The Compact Reader. Macmillan Education. p. 63.
- OCLC 57666009.
- ^ David Blankenhorn; Jonathan Rauch (February 21, 2009). "A Reconciliation on Gay Marriage". The New York Times. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
- ^ Wehner, Peter (2010-08-11). "A Rauchian Take". Commentary Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ Rauch, Jonathan (March 2003). "Caring for Your Introvert". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^ Stossel, Sage (February 14, 2006). "Introverts of the World, Unite!". The Atlantic.
- ^ "The Radical Incrementalist". Reason.com. 2007-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ Rauch, Jonathan (August 10, 2010). "The radical gay rights ruling: Leading supporter of same-sex marriage challenges Prop. 8 decision". Daily News. New York.
- ^ Let it be, The Atlantic, "I have Christian friends who organize their lives around an intense and personal relationship with God, but who betray no sign of caring that I am an unrepentantly atheistic Jewish homosexual."
- Beliefnet.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- ^ Medved, Michael (October 1994). "Demosclerosis, by Jonathan Rauch". Commentary Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ Rauch, Jonathan (December 2003). "The Forgotten Millions". The Atlantic. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
External links
- JonathanRauch.com His own web site, including archived articles.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Articles by Jonathan Rauch at Prospect Magazine
- Video of debate between Rauch and David Blankenhorn on the issue of gay marriage on Bloggingheads.tv
- Poynter.org "New York Times correction: Hell is not other people at breakfast". Craig Silverman. (March 28, 2012)
- Library of Economics and Liberty.