The Nudge Unit applies the findings of behavioral science to do things like increase tax payments, decrease medical errors, and conserve energy. HALPERN: I’m the head of the U.K.’s Behavioral Insights Team, often known as the Nudge Unit. That is one of my favorite academic-slash-policy wonks in the world, David Halpern.
It’s sort of like the dark matter of the economy and society, it matters very greatly and yet we don’t seem to focus on it very much.
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Wouldn’t you like to know how to do that?įEMALE 3: Ummm, I think that might be a trick question. Today on Freakonomics Radio, a simple mission: to determine why social trust is such a big deal – and how to get more of it. Trustworthiness, in short, is a really big deal.Īll right, then. Robert PUTNAM: We would be much better off if we were living in a much more trustworthy society. Maybe it’s healthy for a society to be untrusting, to be skeptical maybe it keeps us on our toes, always looking for ways to improve. We mistrusted the polls and some people even mistrusted the election result. We mistrusted the candidates and their parties. In America, meanwhile – if we’re being honest – we’re not much on trust these days. HALPERN: They are now close to 70 percent in levels in those who think others can be trusted. Or maybe I was thinking of the Netherlands? I guess I was thinking of Australia?ĭavid HALPERN: Australia is the one which looks like it’s bucking the trend and moving towards higher social trust in the last 20-30 years. What’s that? Oh – and apparently we didn’t set all-time highs in social unity during this election? Sorry, my mistake. Apparently we don’t trust one another so much. MALE 1: Generally speaking, I don’t think most people can be trusted.įEMALE 2: Society seems to have been changing and separating and many, many people more than before, I think, are out just for themselves. How are we so fortunate? Because America - as we all know, and appreciate - is a place where people really trust one another:įEMALE 1: No, I don’t think most people can be trusted because I think everybody’s always looking for an angle. According to statisticians, it set all-time highs in civil discourse and social unity. I think you’d agree it was pretty wonderful. You may have noticed that we recently held a Presidential election. And you’ll find credits for the music in the episode noted within the transcript. For more information on the people and ideas in the episode, see the links at the bottom of this post. What can we do to fix it?īelow is a transcript of the episode, modified for your reading pleasure. and elsewhere), social trust has been falling for decades - in part because our populations are more diverse. Societies where people trust one another are healthier and wealthier. Our latest Freakonomics Radio episode is called “Trust Me” (You can subscribe to the podcast at iTunes or elsewhere, get the RSS feed, or listen via the media player above.) Social trust has been falling for decades - in part because our populations are more diverse.
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