"In Dynamism Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon, and Gylfi Zoega argue that the high level of innovation in the West was not a result of scientific discoveries plus entrepreneurship. Rather, modern values-particularly the individualism and self-expression prevailing...

Der Journalist Reichhart bietet hier einige kurze und hochaktuelle Einblicke in das moderne China. Der Autor lebt seit Jahren in diesem Land und hat viel von seinen beruflichen Erfahrungen einfliessen lassen. Ein kurzer Überblick über die Lage in diesem immer wichtiger werdenden Land....

This paper analyses the hypothesis that the robust relationship between trust - as measured by the World Values Survey's question "In general, do you think that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?" - and economic growth, established by empirical...

This paper presents evidence that "social capital" matters for measurable economic performance, using indicators of trust and civic norms from the World Values Surveys for a sample of 29 market economies. Memberships in formal groups--Putnam's measure of social capital--is not associated with...