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by rounce 964 days ago
Do you have a link to a source with more info about this phenomenon?
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Francis Fukuyama wrote a book about it, called "Trust: Social Virtues and Creation of Prosperity". Even though it's the same Fukuyama who declared the end of history the book has some insights into the phenomena [1].

[1] https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1996-0...

Thanks for this link, I grabbed the ebook for my flight today.
I doubt the assertion is based in anything other than conjecture.