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Pranay Kotasthane's avatar

Is some form of fraternity or a larger "Us" a precondition for higher productivity?

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Fahad Hasin's avatar

I would think so. This is an interesting empirical question worth exploring.

I'm sure you're aware of the relationship between higher inter-personal trust and GDP per capita; leaving it for others to explore below! I think this is the closest proxy to fraternity (trust) and higher productivity (GDP per capita):

https://ourworldindata.org/trust

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Arnold Kling's avatar

Productivity differences between developed and less-developed countries are large enough to enable one to be confident that it is not measurement error. Within-country changes in measured productivity over two years or less are not as reliable.

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Fahad Hasin's avatar

Importance nuance, thanks! I've updated the phrasing to make this salient.

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