By contrast, almost all our richer kids said that (with som… - Robert D. Putnam

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By contrast, almost all our richer kids said that (with some qualifications) they do trust other people. That comparison reflects not paranoia on the part of poor kids, but the malevolent social realities within which they live and the fact that people and institutions have so often failed them.

Robert D. Putnam

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