Trust is a risky business, a “calculated exposure” to the behaviors and influence of another (Hancock et al., 2011). Yet, as Hobbes (1651) contended, trust is one of the essential ingredients that ...

Why are some people perceived as more trustworthy than others? In a perfect world, the answer would be simple: because they are more trustworthy. In other words, ideally, the average human would be ...

I write often about trust in this column. It is the foundation of a newspaper’s relationship with its readers, and it is the foundation of a government’s relationship with its people. But my theme ...

When deciding whom to trust, people are more likely to choose individuals who grew up with less money over those who went to private schools or vacationed in Europe, according to new research. When ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. In today’s economy, relationships hold the same value as currency, and trust determines ...

Edmund Kelly receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (grant number ES/P000649/1). In many democracies today, trust in politics is either very low or in decline. This is a ...

We live in an age of declining trust in public institutions: parliament, the health and education systems, courts and police have all suffered over the past decade, both in New Zealand and ...