# kaal:claim:2834531-021

**Claim.** The delegation of technology policy to politicians advised by experts rested on public trust that has since eroded: consistent empirical evidence shows that trust in both government and experts has declined in recent years.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- recent decades, drawing on Pew survey evidence

**Source quote.**

> Although the public once had a relatively high degree of trust in both the political process and the scientific/expert method, consistent empirical evidence demonstrates that both trust in government and experts has declined in recent years.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law* (2017), A. Facts Today, page 17

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531

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**Topics.** reputation

**Keywords.** regulatory-trust, expertise, legitimacy, public-opinion

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