Why We're Polarized
Why We're Polarized is a 2020 non-fiction book by American journalist Ezra Klein, in which the author analyzes political polarization in the United States. Focusing in particular on the growing polarization between the major political parties in the United States (the Democratic Party and the Republican Party), the author argues that a combination of good intentions gone wrong and inherent glitches in the institutional design of the country's federal government have caused widespread social problems.

Opinion on the book has varied considerably, with positive reviews in "The New York Times" and "Foreign Affairs", mostly positive but somewhat critical reviews in "The Washington Post", "Publishers Weekly", and "Kirkus Reviews", mixed reviews in "The New Yorker", "The New Republic", "Dissent", and "Jacobin", and mostly negative reviews in "The Wall Street Journal", "Commentary", and "The Outline".
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