Theme-based Book Review: the Decline of Public Trust and the Problem of Relative Truths

Christopher L. Atkinson ()
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Christopher L. Atkinson: Walden University

Public Organization Review, 2025, vol. 25, issue 1, No 21, 385-396

Abstract: Abstract This essay reviews four recent books on topics related to trust and relative truths in the public space: Green Finance in the European Union, by Marta Postula and Mariusz Lipski; Fighting Falsehoods: Suspicion, Analysis, and Response, by Irene Rubin; The Myth that Made Us: How False Beliefs About Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It), by Jeff Fuhrer; and Mapping Behavioral Public Policy: Citizens’ Preferences and Trust, by Paolo Belardinelli.

Keywords: Public trust; Truth; Climate change; Behavioral public policy; Book reviews (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/s11115-025-00856-7

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