About this episode
American policymakers tend to treat faith, community and local belonging as dispensable luxuries that can and should be sacrificed to maximize some other metrics, like GDP, mobility, or net worth. What are the consequences of this kind of thinking? Is this trend reversible? How would this impact the most vulnerable among us? To unpack all of this, Rabbi Lamm spoke with Chris Arnade, the best-selling author of Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America , to talk about why faith, tradition and community are essential elements of the good life for Americans of all sorts.