James Piereson, president of the William E. Simon Foundation, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and one of the leading conservative philanthropists in America sits down with Ben Weingarten of TheBlaze Books to discuss his new book "Shattered Consensus: The Rise and Decline of America's Postwar Political Order." During the interview, James and Ben discuss the events in Greece and their relevance to America, Piereson's theory of American history and politics, whether a crisis will precipitate an American rebirth or benevolent dictatorship, the American economy, Keynes vs. Hayek, the war of ideas between conservatives and leftists, and much more.
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