The Vancouver Sun

En Op-Ed av Douglas Todd i The Vancouver Sun citerar en hel del ur Bergh & Bjørnskov (2011) - komplett med referens till Kyklos:

There are three ways that high trust leads to support for solid governmentrun social programs, Bjornskov and Andreas Bergh maintain in a 2011 paper published in the journal Kyklos, titled "Historical trust levels predict the current size of the welfare state." 

Their research, which looked at trust levels in dozens of countries, has implications for countries such as Canada and especially the U.S., where anti-government and anti-tax rhetoric often reaches a fever pitch of mistrust and suspicion.

People who live in trust-filled societies, Bergh and Bjornskov write, are less likely to worry that others will take advantage of the welfare system as "free riders." They believe the state is thus generally protected from fraud.