Comments on: The nature of social capital and trust in banking and financial services http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/ Tracking the evolution of financial institutions Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25998 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:38:29 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25998 Thanks for the comments everyone.

]]> By: Tim Draimin http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25835 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:23:50 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25835 Is there anything be learned from “complementary currencies” when asking how new bank-based financial arrangements could enhance different aspects of social capital? Complementary or alternative currencies have that built-in social relationship building component.

]]> By: José Luis Campanello http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25831 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:02:32 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25831 Very interesting!

BTW: i’m adding this book to my TOREAD list.

]]> By: Jeff Carter http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25824 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:55:33 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25824 Fantastic piece of work.

]]> By: Simon Deane-Johns http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25819 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:11 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25819 Thanks for posting this, Colin, it’s a great lens to view what’s going on.

You’ll recall that in this country, 2 elections ago Westminster panicked due to low voter turn out. They already know faith in institutions and participation in formal politics was down and wanted to figure out how to “fix it”, but the resulting “Power Commission” research showed that political awareness was in fact very high and engagement in informal politics was actually on the increase.
http://www.makeitanissue.org.uk/2007/01/power_commission_archive.php#more

In the US this is also exemplified by http://www.moveon.org and what it has achieved in terms of political change from time to time.

People are clearly forming their own allegiances. Is this thin trust making a comeback, or has it just surfaced in different ways that the statisticians had struggled to catch?

]]> By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25818 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:15:17 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25818 Thanks Gene…. I can recommend its worth the read. Anyone who stops by here no matter how infrequently, will like this book. Key is to not rea every page … once the point is made, Putnam tends to re-inforce several times over as only acedemics can. If you accept the point you can safely move to the next, etc etc. Just my 10c.

]]> By: Gene http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25817 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:07:02 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25817 Colin. Great to see a review of this book. I had borrowed it from the library years ago thinking it remarkable in what the author saw in our society as happening then. About a year ago I was going by a bookstore and saw a copy in the cheap bin for $2. Guess it’s time to read it again.

]]> By: Hjalmar http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25814 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:04:25 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25814 Great post! As always, very interesting.
The different types of trust are an eye opener.

]]> By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25810 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:34:20 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25810 @Rob … thanks for stopping by. Yes, the presience of all this in 1999 is remarkable.

]]> By: Rob http://thebankwatch.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25809 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:17:28 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-nature-of-social-capital-and-trust-in-banking-and-financial-services/#comment-25809 Colin: Great find! It’s quite amazing this guy was already talking about “social networks” in a way that nobody had anticipated then.

Many of the concepts you highlighted apply directly to the social lending industry. No doubt.

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