Conceptions and explanations of trust / Russell Hardin -- Solving the problem of trust / Carol A. Heimer -- Trust as a form of shallow morality / David M. Messick and Roderick M. Kramer -- Trust as a form of social intelligence / Toshio Yamagishi -- Trust in signs / Michael Bacharach and Diego...

Essays examine the impact of social networks and collective action on growth and other economic outcomes, contributing to understanding of the interaction between economic processes and their social framework.

Just as we learn from, influence, and are influenced by others, our social interactions drive economic growth in cities, regions, and nations--determining where households live, how children learn, and what cities and firms produce. From Neighborhoods to Nations synthesizes the recent economics...