Rachel Ferguson on Neighborhood Stabilization and Civil Society

Send us a text We talk a lot about civil society and the importance of local, communal networks which hold us up when we’re down and inspire us to be good, striving members of society. But what does that actually look like? How do civil institutions get built, and what does it take?  Today, I’m excited to welcome Rachel Ferguson to the podcast. She is the director of the Free Enterprise Center at Concordia University in Chicago and an affiliate scholar at the Acton Institute. She is the president of the board at Love the Lou, a neighborhood stabilization project which we are talking about today.  Join us for an honest and inspiring conversation about why civil society matters, how it is built, what threatens it, and what the implications of civil society (or the lack thereof) are on the ground. How do institutions we speak of conceptually actually change people’s lives, in real and concrete ways? Tune in to find out.  Want to explore more?Megan McArdle on Failure, Success, and the Up Side of Down, an EconTalk podcast.Arnold Kling, The Role of "We" versus the Role of "I," at Econlib.Anna Claire Flowers on F.A. Hayek and Social Structure, a Great Antidote podcast.Aviral Chawya. Social Cohesion and Economic Prosperity, at AdamSmithWorks.Anthony Gill on Religion, an EconTalk podcast. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.