Sunday, May 12, 2013

The cost of mistrust


Trust is at the heart of today’s complex global economy. But, paradoxically, trust is also in increasingly short supply in many of our societies, especially in our attitudes towards big business, parliaments and governments. This decline threatens our capacity to tackle some of today’s key challenges.

Imagine the scene: Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, sometime in the 1960s. An exchange of spies is taking place. The two figures walk towards each other across the no-man’s land separating west and east. They meet in the middle, pause, and then each crosses over to the other side.

See full Article: http://www.oecd.org/forum/the-cost-of-mistrust.htm