I recently appeared on the Let the People Prosper podcast hosted by economist Vance Ginn from the American Institute for Economic Research to discuss my report “The X-Factor? Social capital and economic well-being: A quantitative analysis.” It was a fun discussion which, I think, got all the important points across.
You can hear the whole thing below, at either Spotify or YouTube.
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