Robert D. Putnam
Political scientist, born in 1941, whose Bowling Alone (2000) documented the decline of American civic life and social capital since the 1960s.
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A society of generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful one, as money beats barter
Their wordsA society characterized by generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter.
↗Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Simon & Schuster, 2000)archive.org All 2 from this book
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Our reading
Social capital is the networks between people and the norms of reciprocity and trust they produce
Their wordssocial capital refers to connections among individuals — social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them.
↗Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Simon & Schuster, 2000)archive.org All 2 from this book