Trust Me (Rebroadcast)

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🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Societies where people trust one another are healthier and wealthier. In the U.S. (and the U.K. and elsewhere), social trust has been falling for decades — in part because our populations are more diverse. What can we do to fix it?

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0:00.0	Hey there, Steven Dubner, welcome to our final episode of the year.
0:07.6	It's called Trust Me and it's about how to build more social trust.
0:11.8	We first put this out just after last year's rather dramatic presidential election.
0:17.0	2017 has been an amazing year at Frekenomics Radio.
0:20.7	We'd like to thank you for that.
0:22.3	You are the reason we make this show and you are also an important reason we're able to
0:26.6	make this show.
0:28.1	Social support from listeners provides a decent bit of the money that makes Frekenomics
0:32.3	Radio possible.
0:33.5	We've been fortunate to grow into one of the biggest podcasts in the world but with that
0:38.0	size comes higher bandwidth costs for instance.
0:41.3	So every person who gives just a little bit to help cover production costs makes a difference.
0:46.9	You can help us bring you more Frekenomics Radio in the new year and when you do it by
0:51.1	December 31st you'll set yourself up for a nice little charitable deduction on your next
0:55.8	tax return but time is running out.
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1:16.2	Thank you so much.
1:24.5	I think you'd agree that the 2016 US presidential election was pretty wonderful.
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