Trust is key to understanding the dynamics of social relations, to the extent that it is often
viewed as the glue that holds society together. We review the mounting sociological …

In this paper, we review and integrate the contemporary literature on the societal effects of
income inequality, drawing on social, personality, developmental, and organizational …

A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets,
managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any …

Across the social sciences, a key question is how societies manage to enforce cooperative
behavior in social dilemmas such as public goods provision or bilateral trade. According to …

Interpersonal trust is an important source of social and economic development. Over
decades, researchers debated the question whether and how public institutions influence …

Most Americans think that the country is politically divided and polarization will only get
worse, not better. Such perceptions of polarization are widespread, but we do not know …

The literature on social capital and entrepreneurship often explores individual benefits of
social capital, such as the role of personal networks in promoting self-employment. In this …

The concept of trust is regarded as one of the essential building blocks of social science
theory. It has been studied across a variety of disciplines and has even been equated with …

The 2009 Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress
(“Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi” Commission) concluded that we should move away from over …

Digital platforms generally placed under the 'sharing economy'and various other labels
match different groups of users and providers and enable the increase in scale and speed …