The Spiritual Crisis of the Modern Economy [TheAtlantic.com]
What is happening to America’s white working class? The group’s important, and perhaps decisive , role in this year’s presidential election sparked a slew of commentary focused on, on the one hand, its nativism, racism, and sexism , and, on the other, its various economic woes . While there are no simple explanations for the desperation and anger visible in many predominantly white working-class communities, perhaps the most astute and original diagnosis came from the rabbi and activist...