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The first serious response to the era of post-financial and political meltdown, by historian, commentator and best-selling author Anthony Seldon.

Ten years into the new millennium, and the high hopes are gone. The economy is in tatters, politicians are reviled; corporate business, the police, social workers, the health and education systems, media, celebrities and sports stars, science and religion – all have undergone an unprecedented loss of public confidence in the wake of ongoing processes of decline and high-profile instances of greed, corruption and plain incompetence.

Fifty years ago Michael Shanks wrote The Stagnant Society. Britain has now become the mistrustful society. In this first serious response to the era of post-financial and political meltdown, the best-selling author and social and political commentator Professor Anthony Seldon lays out a blueprint for regaining trust within national life.

In part a wide-ranging meditation on notions of trust and responsibility in civic society, Trust is a powerful and searching analysis of ten essential areas where trust in national life has broken down. Using examples from throughout the world and from throughout history, it offers ten solutions for a better, more positive future. In the absence of coherent political leadership on vital social issues, Trust looks beyond politics to deliver a deeply considered and exhaustively researched recipe for social harmony and individual happiness and wellbeing.