How important is faith in building a healthy society?
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In his new book, In Good Faith: How the Nature of Belief Shapes the Fate of Societies, author and former Economist journalist Ryan Avent argues that faith shapes how we cooperate, how we build institutions, and how we imagine the future we’re working towards. He joined Lydia Bennett to explain how he came to that conclusion.
Released on 13 Apr 2026
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