Trust

Tænkepauser #4

by Gert Tinggaard Svendsen

From the back cover: "Do you know the man in the picture? Maybe not. But you probably trust him anyway, most Danes do, as much as 78%. Even people who do not know him at all trust him. He is in fact not just anyone; he has solved the riddle of Denmark's success - until now an inexplicable mystery. The answer is simple. It is the Danes' trust in him and everyone else they do not know which is Denmark's most important raw material. It makes the country one of the richest in the world. -His name? Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, trust expert at the University of Aarhus, and he says: Control is good, but trust is cheaper."

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Philosophy, Audiobook, Social Science, Sociology, Danish

58 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Jóhan Teitur Thomsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book in english and i love it! It is extremely good and shows Denmark in a whole other perspective from the rest of the world, both economically but also socially.

I really recommend it.

[Niklas Zenius Jespersen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ufattelig dårlig og meget højreorienteret mange steder. Har som historiker aldrig læst så mange ekstremt forkerte historiske påstande i en bog før og de påvirker påstandende/konklusionerne så meget at det hele ender så dårligt og som noget så uvidenskabeligt sludder at bogen mest fortjener en skæbne som toiletpapir.

[Majda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a concise book, which offers an easy understanding of one of the main aspects of the Danish society. I would highly recommend to anyone interested in knowing about Scandinavian culture!

[Hanne M · Rating 4 out of 5]

En rigtig interessant bog om tillid. Det danske samfund, er bygget på tillid, det er specielt for Danmark og Norden. Vi adskiller os på den måde adskiller sig fra mange andre lande i verden. En lille bog, der er værd at læse.

[SVRosenmeier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meget interessant bog om hvad tillid betyder for mennesket og specielt samfundet.

[pernille kvamsdal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tillid som økonomisk effektivitetsfaktor. Fik mig til at overveje konsekvenserne ved øget brug af datadrevne løsninger baseret på manuelle indtastninger. Kontrollens konsekvens for borgeres retssikkerhed og arbejdsglæde/effektivitet. Hvornår er det ikke længere økonomisk fordelagtigt at journalisere?

[Dara Wlika · Rating 3 out of 5]

En god bog

[Liva Jessen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Giver en let forståelse af et af de vigtigste aspekter af det danske samfund.

[Morten Christensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

*3.5

[Alf Holten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Politicians all over the world should be forced to read this book regularly ;)

[Minna Jensen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Virkelig et spændende take på den danske økonomi og ikke mindst det danske samfund: “Kontrol er godt, men
tillid er billigere.”