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Six Degrees of Separation: How Do Our Connections Improve Our Lives?

Six Degrees of Separation: How Do Our Connections Improve Our Lives?

Update: 2012-10-09

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Our networks—personal and professional relationships, club memberships, and faith communities, among others—help us to get jobs, advance our careers, and build economic mobility. How does “who we know” help us move up the economic ladder, and what can be done—socially, economically, and politically—to strengthen social capital as a key ingredient to breaking the grip of poverty?
Speakers: Anne Mosle, David Leonhardt, Mario Small, Robert D. Putnam

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Six Degrees of Separation: How Do Our Connections Improve Our Lives?

Six Degrees of Separation: How Do Our Connections Improve Our Lives?

Aspen Ideas Festival 2012