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The friendship recession is bad, and not just for the friendless

By Timothy P. Carney
Published August 30, 2023 1:25pm ET
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The friendship recession is bad, and not just for the friendless
The public today has fewer friends than it did a generation ago. Pollster Dan Cox of the Survey Center on American Life has identified a “friendship recession,” particularly among American men. “The percentage of men with at least six close friends fell by half since 1990, from 55 percent to 27 percent,” Cox writes. “The […]

The public today has fewer friends than it did a generation ago. Pollster Dan Cox of the Survey Center on American Life has identified a “friendship recession,” particularly among American men.

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