The Economic History of Social Capital

There's an economic historical point to be made about how social capital there's some broad panic in America as agrarian culture declined and had more technology substituted for labor. I think we're going through a very interesting opportunity filled ultimately but frankly scary time in American life where we'reGoing through so many transitions so rapidly that there's a hollowing out of local community and mediating institutions. There's sort of a mass epidemic of loneliness in America right now but people don't have the right categories and hooks for how to think about the problems we face at this time.