Friday, March 4, 2016

George Lakoff — Trump and the Invisible Hand of Moral ValuesTrump and the Invisible Hand of Moral Values

As the editors of Evonomics, we recognize the importance of moral and political behavior in economic systems. This essay explores voting behavior in the United States as a way to see how different ideological tribes make sense of economic issues.
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Trump and the Invisible Hand of Moral ValuesTrump and the Invisible Hand of Moral Values
George Lakoff | Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley

2 comments:

Dan Lynch said...

No doubt many Americans identify with Trump's authoritarian style.

As George Carlin used to say, our politicians are a reflection of our society.

Matt Franko said...

I have a Pastor friend (not Evangelical) with some political experience and he has Evangelicals in the US at 80M.... of which 40M registered to vote.... of which 20M vote...

So Lakoff's conclusions may be correct for the 20M politically active but dont take into account political potential within that cohort...

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/30/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-today-roughly-half-born-again-christ/

Most end up not voting for some reason...