Comments On Evolutionary Economics. Vol. Vi, No. 6. February 14, 2023 The Fundamental Idiocies Of Political Economy
Language: English
Published by Athena Press, Pasadena, Ca, 2023
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The Assumption Of These Papers Is That The Only Justification For Government Activity Is To Provide For The Common Welfare.1. The Belief That Statistics Of Institutional Sales And Profits Measure Anything Worth Measuring In Terms Of Government Policy- Because The Statistics Primarily Measure That Which Is A Source Of Income For Institutions And Passive Investors And The Managers Of Their Wealth, And These Are Piddling, Purely Personal And Selfish Concerns, Of Little Relevance For A Government Working Impartially For The General Welfare. However, The Media In General Never Point This Out. 2. The Belief That Government Expenditures Need Bear No Relationship To Accountability: Domestically, The Mass Of Tax Payers Can Be Made To Recompense And Even "Make Whole" Individuals And Institutions For The Consequences Of Their Stupid Decisions. If One Becomes Ill Because Of Smoking, All Taxpayers Should Pay For Their Health Care; If Property Floods Because One Chooses To Build Or Buy Without Consideration Of Even Remotely Possible Flood Danger, And Without Private Insurance, All Tax Payers Should Make Them Whole; If An Institution Goes Bankrupt Or Nearly So Because The Greedy Managers And Investors Took All The Income As Their Extravagant Pay And Profits, Then Taxpayers Should Take It Over And Forgive The Debts, With No Consequences For Managers And Investors And No Call-Back Of The Profits And Wages; Etc. 3. Investors And Managers Are Somehow Considered Stakeholders In Government Decisions Affecting The Health And Welfare And Freedoms Of The General Public, When They Only Have A Selfish Interest Opposed To Free Consideration Of The Consequences Of Public Policy; They Have Every Right To Complain Publicly, But Not To Have Special Access To Lawmakers, Administrative Officials, Or The Legal System To Influence Government Policy In Their Narrow Interests. 4. Lack Of Training For Lawmakers In How To Write Laws That Are Consistent, Complete, Effective, Efficient, And Enforceable, In Every Respect. No Training Like This In Law Schools, Which Only Focus On How Find Out How A Particular Case May Evade Application Of Laws. 5. Lack Of Training For Law Administrators On Historical Background And Non-Political Context Of The Applicable Issues In Their Areas Of Operation; They Just Follow Political Winds, No Concern For Realities, No Attempt To Furnish Firm Recommendations To Higher Management Or Lawmakers, No Whistle-Blowing About Political Pressures. In Many States Barbers Are Subject To Stringent Requirements! 6. Lack Of Consequences For Poor Management Of Enterprises, Institutions, Or Government Resources; Investors Can Obtain "Fiduciaries" In Some Respects For Financial Managers, But Taxpayers And Owners And Investors In Private Enterprises Have No Recourse Against Poor Management. 7. Lack Of Accountability For Unlimited Family Size- Governments And Ngo's Continue To Regard Poverty Of Families With Many Children As A Tragedy And An Emergency, When It Is A Consequence Of Those Parents' Own Decisions, And Continues Situations Ongoing For Centuries And With No Change In Sight. 8. International Recognition Of The Lawfulness Of Governments Which Are Not In Control Of Much Of Their Own Territory; Sudan, Somalia, Mali, And Much Of Central North Africa, Also Syria Have National Governments Which Are Unable Or Unwilling To Negotiate For Rule Of Law Throughout Their Territory; They Are Parties To A Conflict But Not Governments In The Areas They Don't Control., And Are City-States Rather Than Independent Countries. 9. Lack Of Laws Making Polluters Responsible For The Pollution They Cause In Their Operations Or From Their Products. 10. Lack Of Responsibility Of Manufacturers For The Transient Usefulness Of Their Products, Such That Modern Industrial Activity Is Almost Entirely, In The Big Picture, An Efficient System For Turning Natural Resources Into Trash With No Method Or Plan For Preventing Its Ill Effects On Human Space And The Environment.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Comments On Evolutionary Economics. Vol. Vi, No. 6. February 14, 2023 The Fundamental Idiocies Of Political Economy
- Author
- Clauser, Stephen Michael
- Publisher
- Athena Press, Pasadena, Ca
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
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- No Binding
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Economics and Business, Government, Politics, Law, Punishment, & Human Rights, or Lack Thereof, Philosophy and Thoughtfulness
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