I think that for business and politicos to regain trust will be an uphill battle, to say the least – assuming that such trust ever really existed.

Most people feel stiffed by the endless list of broken promises our elected officials have created.  We are in the midst of a recovery, sort of, from a financial crisis precipitated by corporate greed.  And we only got out of that crisis by bailing out those responsible.

But was it ever really that much better?  The dirty thirties were also largely caused by unfettered greed.  And I can’t think of a Western leader in living memory that actually accomplished much more than a third of what they said they would when running for office.

Regaining trust in institutions and people like this would be on the order of getting Niagara Falls to run backward.  

A more realistic aim would be to lower the level of distrust.