Cameron Harwick is an assistant professor of economics at the College at Brockport. He writes at cameronharwick.com and tweets at @C_Harwick.
One doesn’t need much detailed historical knowledge to be struck by just how recent many of the most deeply held moral and political convictions in the modern West are. Prior to just a few hundred years ago, it would have been considered eccentric (at best) or seditious (at worst)
A common complaint in our era of global populism is that certain politicians are making a mockery of our institutions. Don’t they realize politics is more than just a game? They should take politics seriously and stop playing. Any observer of politics can sympathize with this complaint. But what