Book Review: Trust in a Polarized Age

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12/21/2022 Journal of Libertarian Studies David Gordon

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Book Review: Trust in a Polarized Age

Kevin Vallier, a philosopher at Bowling Green State University, is a leading advocate of “public reason liberalism,” and his latest book is a distinguished contribution that’s friendlier to free markets than others coming out of this school of thought. Trust in a Polarized Age tries to establish that “liberal rights help to generate trust for the right reasons.”

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David Gordon, "Book Review: <i>Trust in a Polarized Age</i>," Journal of Libertarian Studies 25 (2022): 280–83.

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