“Is the world’s greatest democracy and economy broken?” bestselling author Steven Brill posits at the outset of his recent study of America in decline Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall — and Those Fighting to Reverse It. The country may not be in utter shambles, Brill argues, but all evidence suggests it’s getting there. Trump’s administration was just the latest manifestation of rampaging anger and resentment. Declining social mobility, a shrinking middle class, widening income inequality, crumbling infrastructure — there’s plenty to be mad about, and plenty of blame to go around. “The most talented, driven Americans…

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