Where did all the trust go?
Our institutions are in a mess and are ridiculed and distrusted. All we can do is blame it on ‘going woke’. Goodbye Trust shatters these superficial explanations, exposing the raw, unvarnished truth.
What’s it About?
Reason to buy
The West is witnessing plummeting levels of trust in academia, the media, politics, business, the justice system and the financial regulators. A healthy and prosperous society needs efficient and trusted institutions – ours are busted.
Everybody has an explanation. Most are superficial, and many are obsessed with the world becoming woke. My research shows it’s much more complicated and far more disturbing.
It’s not all doom and gloom but some institutions are broken beyond repair.
These nine essays present my findings. Six focus on the institutions and additional essays explore language manipulation and the new moral and political divides. The final essay examines the common afflictions to make sense of it all.
This is a no-holds-barred account of why our institutions are failing and the dire consequences.
The essay ‘Politics – more showbiz than statesmanship’ is a light-hearted and disturbing account about the people who supposedly govern our country. It’s yours for free download.