Polarization & Politics
Why We’re Polarized
By Ezra Klein
A journalist’s synthesis of political science research on identity-driven polarization and media feedback loops.
Book
2020

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A journalist’s synthesis of political science research on identity-driven polarization and media feedback loops.

About the Author

Ezra Klein co-founded Vox in 2014 and served as its editor-in-chief before joining The New York Times in 2020, where he now writes as a columnist and hosts The Ezra Klein Show podcast. He is also co-author, with Derek Thompson, of Abundance.
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Book

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Ezra Klein

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2020

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Polarization & Politics

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