Social Capital - How Much Do You Have?
From Francis Fukuyama, in the book Culture Matters, page 102
Social capital is not, as sometimes portrayed, a rare cultural treasure passed down from one generation to the next, which, if lost, can never be regained. Rather, it is created spontaneously all the time by people going about their daily lives. It was created in traditional societies, and it is generated ona daily basis by individuals and firms in a modern capitalist society.