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Will Americans pay for government if they don't trust it?

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 1:56 a.m.

In this week\u2019s episode of Politics In Question, Ethan Porter joins Julia, Lee, and James to discuss the relationship between Americans\u2019 trust in government and their willingness to pay for the things that government does. Porter is assistant professor at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs. He is the author of The Consumer Citizen (Oxford University Press, 2021).\n\nWhat is a consumer citizen? How does it differ from the traditional understanding of citizenship? Does a consumer mindset alleviate the team mentality that is pervasive in American politics today? And what role has presidential rhetoric played in creating the consumer citizen? These are some of the questions Ethan, Julia, Lee, and James discuss in this week\u2019s episode.