Selva Brasilis

Um país que evoluiu da oca e senzala ao abismo, barbárie e caos, sem ter experimentado a civilização

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Confiança e Riqueza

"If you take a broad enough definition of trust, then it would explain basically all the difference between the per capita income of the United States and Somalia," ventures Steve Knack, a senior economist at the World Bank who has been studying the economics of trust for over a decade. That suggests that trust is worth $12.4 trillion dollars a year to the U.S., which, in case you are wondering, is 99.5% of this country's income. If you make $40,000 a year, then $200 is down to hard work and $39,800 is down to trust.
SELVA BRASILIS at 7:31 PM
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