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Trust: how we lost it and how we can get it back

Thursday, October 22, 2009 from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

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What is trust?

What is a trustful society?

How did we lose trust - in our bankers, politicians, social services, public figures and the media - as well as in ourselves?

How do we get it back?


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.

Britain has now become a mistrustful society.

Best-selling author and social and political commentator Professor Anthony Seldon visits the RSA to lay out a blueprint for regaining trust within national life.

Speaker: Professor Anthony Seldon is a political historian and commentator on British political leadership as well as on education and contemporary Britain. His latest book is Trust (Biteback Publishing, Oct 2009)

Chair: Matthew Taylor, RSA Chief Executive

Suggested hashtag for Twitter users: #rsatrust

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Durham House Street entrance
WC2N 6EZ London
United Kingdom

Thursday, October 22, 2009 from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM (GMT)


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