However, this knowledge is now matched with distrust in the institutions that could help individuals hedge their bets. As Van Loon put it, in a risk society “closures offered by expertise, legislation and moral panics are no longer met with trust in the systems that produced them.”42 We have replaced the old economy with something we no longer trust, although we have more information about the risks. Less trust in institutions such as the government and corporations means people are placing relatively more trust in themselves, whether or not by necessity. This in turn further diminishes the ways in which people press institutions like the government to provide security. To a large degree, the arrangements that used to buffer American workers from economic insecurity—such as expectations of corporate job loyalty and increased government support for jobs growth—have been replaced by mechanisms that place the burden of risk more squarely on the shoulders of individuals. How have people adapted to these changes through their decisions, their career choices, and their approach to their jobs?