The evidence is clear. Based on rigorous criteria, laypeopleβs beliefs about groups correspond well with what those groups are really like. This correspondence is one of the largest and most replicable effects in all of social psychology. Stereotype accuracy has been obtained and replicated by multiple independent researchers studying different stereotypes and using different methods all over the world. People have been found to be quite good at perceiving academic achievement, personality, and a variety of social and economic characteristics among racial and ethnic groups in the United States and Canada.
...And under the new scheme, Greeks are mandated to have registered everything they own, with taxpayers having to add moveable and immovable possessions such as paintings, antiques, jewelry, even historical weapon, etc but also the cash they have in their wallets or under the mattress.One assumes the snitch programs and wood shampoo is soon to follow.
βTaxpayers must declare all the cash they have in their hands, even one euro!β an official from the Finance Ministry told newspaper To Vima on conditions of anonymity.