Uslaner, E. M. (2006). The foundations of trust: macro and micro. Cambridge Journal of Economics 32 (2): 289-294.
This comment on Beugelsdijk's (2006) critique of trust and its measurement argues that it misses the mark, and that there is neither a theoretical nor an empirical foundation for thinking that the macro and micro foundations of trust or its measurement are different from each other. Generalised trust is more than a simple illusion hiding behind institutional structures.