25 Feb 2025

Why Institutions Matter

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We can point to all kinds of complicated theories about how to build the trust that’s required for our society to work better. But the simplest way is for the people who inhabit our institutions—that is, for all of us—to be more trustworthy.

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Yuval Levin, editor of National Affairs and director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, delivered this forum address on February 25, 2025.