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12 Post author: NancyLebovitz 28 January 2012 08:50PM

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Comment author: billswift 29 January 2012 03:48:37AM 1 point [-]

You should find this econtalk podcast helpful. They are talking about David Rose's book Moral Foundations of Economic Behavior and do a better job than most of defining what trust is and what it requires. And why it is important.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 29 January 2012 05:44:01PM *  0 points [-]

Thank you, though I wish there'd been more about what bright-line moral rules are a good enough deal for individuals that compliance makes sense, not to mention what can happen when a bright line system has good and bad parts, and people start to notice that.

As a result of going to that site, I listened to Nassim Taleb on anti-fragility (systems which become stronger when challenged)-- it's at least as interesting.