{"product_id":"crisis-of-responsibility-david-l-bahnsen-9781642930177","title":"Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It","description":"\u003cb\u003eFeatured on \u003ci\u003eThe Eric Metaxas Radio Show\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Yup, it is my fault -- and yours. How assuming responsibility makes us better people: 'Crisis of Responsibility' by the inimitable @davidbahnsen\"\u003c\/i\u003e--Amity Shlaes, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The left and right have gone to great lengths to blame the problems plaguing our society but neither Washington DC, Wall Street, Mexico, China, the Feds, nor the media are the cause of our problems--nor are they the cure.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross the globe a \"revolt\" of sorts is taking place against elitism. No more will \u003ci\u003ebig\u003c\/i\u003e government, \u003ci\u003ebig\u003c\/i\u003e media, \u003ci\u003ebig\u003c\/i\u003e banks, \u003ci\u003ebig\u003c\/i\u003e bureaucracy, and \u003ci\u003ebig\u003c\/i\u003e institutions hold the secret nuggets of truth and dictate our lives and fortunes. Financial markets, political punditry, and cultural leaders are all scrambling to react to the rise of the often disenfranchised. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But what happens after all the bogeymen have been vanquished? What if opposing the incompetence of the European Union, the biases of the American media, the corruption of crony capitalism, the arrogance of political power brokers, and allegedly unfair global trade deals is not enough? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The key to American prosperity in this new era of populism is for moral people to make responsibility matter again by renewing personal virtue and form lasting, mediating institutions that will trump the elitist bogeymen and scapegoats for generations to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If we fail as individual Americans to address this core crisis of responsibility, we have only ourselves to blame for what happens next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David L. Bahnsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642930172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642930177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Post Hill Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"David L. Bahnsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881105379583,"sku":"9781642930177","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21649702-1a88-4314-ba5d-deef2c0cbe38.jpg?v=1747970689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crisis-of-responsibility-david-l-bahnsen-9781642930177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}