Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders

by Dennis Rasmussen

In Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders, political theorist Dennis Rasmussen—whose research focuses on the virtues and shortcomings of liberal democracy and market capitalism—looks at the fears the Founding Fathers of the United States had about the future of democracy.

We spoke to Dennis about the best Adam Smith books and his previous book, The Infidel and the Professor, was one of our best philosophy books of 2017.