"The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigor and strength," moralist Samuel Smiles wrote 150 years ago, inadvertently providing us with a definition of the informal economy.
"Duh samopomoći u korijenu je svakog istinskog rasta pojedinca, dok njegova manifestacija kroz živote velikog broja ljudi predstavlja stvaran izvor nacionalne vitalnosti i snage", napisao je moralist Samuel Smiles prije 150 godina, nesvjesno nam pruživši definiciju neformalne ekonomije.