What Happens When Social Trust COLLAPSES?

Episode 116 February 6, 2024

On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the sweet cinnamon scent of fried dough and its potential deadliness prompts the gang to discuss social trust. As Seamus explains, trade and cooperation are essential for healthy societies, yet both flounder without a minimum degree of social trust.


CREDITS:
Written by Sean Malone and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by LtAmazil, Adamdonk, and Emily Slatt
Voiced by Seamus Coughlin and nosoup4knowles
Layout by Jaime Velasquez, Trevor Smith
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone


LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_(social_science)
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2007/02/22/americans-and-social-trust-who-where-and-why/
https://ourworldindata.org/trust
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41638856
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/freemarketinstitute/research/origins/papers/TheImpactofSocialTrustandSystemSupportonEconomicFreedom.pdf

About the Hosts


Seamus Coughlin is a comedy writer and animator with a deep interest in politics and morality. After graduating high school, he started a small business in animation production and led small teams of animators on various projects while studying at his local community college. Today, Seamus continues producing entertaining animated content for a number of outlets, and a good deal of his work can be…

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Sean W. Malone studied music performance and composition for film and multimedia at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Bachelor of Music, 2005) and New York University (Master of Arts, 2007), before working in various creative roles in the music and film industries in New York and Los Angeles.

In 2011, he relocated to Washington, DC to develop professional media production capabilities at various…

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Tyler Brandt is a copywriter at FEE. He is a graduate of UW-Madison with a B.A. in Political Science. In college, Tyler was a FEE Campus Ambassador, President of his campus YAL chapter, and Research Intern at the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy.

His research interests include constitutional law, free speech, social psychology, stoicism, and self-help. In his free time, Tyler enjoys d…

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