Seriously Social

Why it’s worth your neighbours becoming good friends


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The TV show, Neighbours, premiered in 1985. Since then, you’re likely to know half as many neighbours as you did in the mid-1980s. So, how did your community help you get through 2020? And why is something Professor Andrew Leigh terms “an ugly term for a beautiful concept” (social capital) so important? 
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Seriously SocialBy Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia


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