In a climate of increasing social isolation and limited civic engagement, how is it possible that most people can still believe in the goodness of their communities and neighbors, and continue to have faith in the American dream?

The new AEI Survey on Community and Society explores these findings, diving into this relationship between local communities and the American dream, as well as highlighting the ties between social infrastructure and social capital.

On this episode of the events podcast, AEI’s Karlyn Bowman and Ryan Streeter are joined for a discussion of the survey by Scott Winship from the Joint Economic Committee as well as James and Deborah Fallows, coauthors of national bestseller “Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America” (Pantheon, 2018).

This event took place on February 5, 2019.

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