The
Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing
Us Apart
In
The Big Sort, journalist Bill Bishop shows how Americans over
the last three decades have sorted themselves geographically,
economically and politically into like-minded communities. Homogeneity
may be a perk of the choice our society offers, but it also breeds
economic inequality, cultural misunderstanding, political extremism
and legislative gridlock.
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