On episode 34 of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, I talked to Tim Carney about his book, Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse. Among the topics we discussed are what constitutes “the American Dream,” whether that American Dream is “dead” (as Donald Trump charged in 2016), and, if so, when that decline started and what caused it.

Digging in, we asked whether those who are suffering are right to be angry with the government, if the malaise in certain parts of the country can be fixed by voting, and to what extent the answer lies in a resurgence of religious belief and community.

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