Libraries are the best type of social infrastructure
by FOPLED | Sep 12, 2018 | FOPL News |
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 Eric Klinenberg calls libraries and parks “social infrastructure.” They’re spaces and organizations that shape the way people interact. His new book, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life, tells us how public institutions can not only enrich our day-to-day lives but can save lives. He talked to Sabri Ben-Achour on Marketplace Morning Report.…
PBS: Marketplace, Sept. 11; New York Times, Sept. 8
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