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Tobin Harshaw, Columnist

What Can You Trust When Everything’s a Scam?

From big business to science to Hollywood to porn, people have understandably shrinking faith in society.

August 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Tobin Harshaw

Tobin Harshaw is a Bloomberg Opinion senior editor and columnist on national security and military affairs. Previously, he was deputy editor at the op-ed page of the New York Times and the newspaper’s letters editor.

Frustration nation. — Frustration nation.
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