Books by David Willetts
The Pinch
by David Willetts
David Willetts has inserted sociology into Conservative thinking. He was the first to explain the importance of the family, and now he explains the importance of generational shifts. He gives a startlingly original explanation for our problems with saving and debt and how things like the baby boom have influenced social policy. It’s very smart, non-ideological thinking, which proceeds from an understanding of how society is rather than from how society should be.
Interviews where books by David Willetts were recommended
The best books on British Conservatism, recommended by Daniel Finkelstein
Conservatism is different around the world because what it’s trying to preserve, the ‘essence of a nation,’ inevitably varies by country, says British journalist and politician Daniel Finkelstein. And yet, the UK’s Tory party has always been quick to adapt to whatever would get it into power.
