The United States needs a ‘sociological imagination’

"Character” and “individual virtue” are not going to solve our problems.

It’s rather easy to lament the state of our country. 

We are not wealthy. The US economy, despite the pandemic, has been doing well overall. Income inequality, however, is at its highest in 50 years. We are richer in the aggregate, but most of the gains have gone to upper-class families. The wealth gap is even starker, with upper-income families possessi…