Social trust is measured as the percentage of a population that answers yes to the question: вЂin general, do you think most people can be trusted or canвЂ™t you be too careful?вЂ™Дata relative to comparable European countries can be obtained from the European Social Survey, which has ranked 36 European countries on a scale of 0-10.Д is, вЂyou cannot be too careful,' and 10 is, вЂmost other people can be trustedвЂ™. We can use social trust as the standard measure for this ability to cooperate because it expresses how people assess the risk of being cheated by others in a society. Social trust increases the ability for voluntary cooperation without people being forced by a third party, such as the state. This unique cache of trust provides us with the best possible hand when it comes to riding out the corona crisis. The suggestion here is, therefore, that the relatively calm Danish waters are due to our 'X-factor' in terms of our general trust in other people (social trust) as well as our trust in the authoritiesвЂ™ absence of corruption. If you have low levels of trust regarding other people or the authorities, then more draconian laws are potentially required to contain the corona virus. For example, curfews have been imposed in Italy, France and Spain. It is striking that we in Denmark do not see a host of conspiracy theories and widespread panic spreading in the handling of the corona crisis.Д¬onversely, one can envisage that countries with relatively lower levels of trust will find it harder to deal with the problem. What role does trust play in times of crisis?ДЄn important factor in understanding how it has been possible for Denmark to deal with the current corona crisis as it has done may be precisely the presence of trust.Д¬ountries with a high level of trust may be better equipped to tackle the corona crisis than those with low levels.

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