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    At a time when misinformation thrives, institutions crumble, and algorithms mediate truth, trust has become one of democracy’s most fragile foundations. Our team at Open to Debate has been thinking twice recently about trust — how it’s earned, how it breaks, and how it might be rebuilt between one another in a time of deep division. Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the Internet’s encyclopedia with an English-language version that has been viewed 11 billion times alone and allows anyone to contribute and edit a page, says that trust is a living treasure that can and must be cultivated. In this episode, geopolitical strategist and Wickett Advisory moderator Xenia Wickett sits down with Jimmy Wales to discuss his new book, "The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last.” In this "Think Twice" episode, the interview explores how Wikipedia leveraged trust to help it become a global authority while the public’s trust in other institutions has faded.
    
    Friday, October 31, 2025
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Phil Gramm

Vice Chairman at the UBS Investment Bank

Phil Gramm, a former Republican senator from Texas, joined UBS Investment Bank as vice chairman in December 2002 after serving twenty-four years in Congress, eighteen as a senator.

Debates Featuring Phil Gramm

Big Government Is Stifling The American Spirit

With Phil Gramm, Arthur Laffer, Nouriel Roubini, Laura Tyson

October 9, 2007

Just about everyone has a reason to question how the size of our government affects America’s financial and political future. Is government intervention in everything from economic policy to health care rewarding the “takers,” and not the “makers,” stifling innovators, entrepreneurs and business owners? Or has government done too little to support the growing poor and rapidly shrinking middle class?

Big Government Is Stifling The American Spirit

Just about everyone has a reason to question how the size of our government affects America’s financial and political future. Is government intervention in everything from economic policy to health care rewarding the “takers,” and…

With Phil Gramm, Arthur Laffer, Nouriel Roubini, Laura Tyson

October 9, 2007

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