There's growing evidence that fear is hugely counterproductive. That's because the relentless stress is causes turns out to be an inhibitor of economic growth,

There's growing evidence that fear is hugely counterproductive. That's because the relentless stress is causes turns out to be an inhibitor of economic growth, rather than an accelerant. If the economy is, in fact, being run on fear then it's safe to say that it's seriously underperforming vis-a-vis an economy in which people generally felt happy and secure. https://hbr.org/2014/11/the-hard-data-on-being-a-nice-boss https://hbr.org/2014/11/the-hard-data-on-being-a-nice-boss