It’s pretty well established that low trust societies have more crime and corruption than high trust societies
FWIW, I’ve generally assumed that causality goes the other way, or a third factor causes both.
Yes, economists chose to use the term ‘trust’ but I think a better term for what they are really discussing is ‘trustworthyness’; I suspect they made the substitution for optics reasons.
FWIW, I’ve generally assumed that causality goes the other way, or a third factor causes both.
Yes, economists chose to use the term ‘trust’ but I think a better term for what they are really discussing is ‘trustworthyness’; I suspect they made the substitution for optics reasons.