I’ve been asked to address the question: “What Happened to the Old Social Contract?” It’s a challenge to say what happened to the old social contract, because I fear if I asked each one of us what it was, I’d get that many different answers. Many of us talk about this idea in the context of the social and economic programs first implemented after the Depression and in the decades following WWII, but those were very unique times. As are these times. As is every other time period. So allow me to stipulate the following: a social contract, new or old, is, like any other contract, an agreement, a quid-pro-quo. You agree to do something for me and I agree to provide something to you. Or, in the case of a social contract, you agree to act in society’s interest, and society will provide you with something you want and need.