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    Who Killed Civil Society?

    10 Blocks podcast
    Oct 02, 2019 0 minutes

    Howard Husock joins City Journal editor Brian Anderson to discuss Husock’s new book, Who Killed Civil Society? The Rise of Big Government and Decline of Bourgeois Norms.

    Government-run social programs funded with tax dollars are thought to be the “solution” to America’s social ills. But in his new book, Who Killed Civil Society?, Husock shows that historically, it was voluntary organizations and civic society, operating independently from government and its mandates, that best promoted the habits and values conducive to upward social mobility.

    Learn more about the Civil Society Awards and fellows program on the Manhattan Institute website.

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