The real problem with government officials who are incompetent goes beyond a lack of production. Many of them are actually counter-productive. That is, they dedicate their position and efforts to preventing production by those who are trying to produce useful goods and services.
US and A,;) has a high per capita of Dunkin Donuts than Bangladesh, if some genius productive greedy person figured out a way to increase the number of dunkin donuts in Bangladesh that would lower the life span of bangladesh. more stuff isn't always more productive. if the investors at dunkin donuts closed it all down and use the money left to the workers till they find something else to do that would make the investors more productive than now, js, the dunkin donuts regurlar coffee is tastier than the ones at the delis though usually.
TIRED: "Failing to fire under-performing government employees is actually economically beneficial, because secure jobs sustain the middle class"
WIRED: "Failing to fire under-performing government employees is actually economically beneficial, because under-performing government employees reduce government's ability to interfere with production and increased production sustains the middle class and everyone else"
There have been many times I have personally been in the situation where the government wanted to impose some friction on some technological advancement (typically to try to keep control over it) but the bureaucrats charged with figuring out how to do it were incompetent enough that they were too slow to catch up or the friction they ended up imposing was poorly thought through and so left open some loophole making it ineffective. When new bureaucrats arrived at said government institution we were often relived when they revealed their incompetence since that meant they would also be ineffective. The most dangerous government worker is one who is smart and effective and also is seeking personal power. (The smart and effective ones who are not seeking personal power do not last long.)
According to that adage, is it always good for a country to unbalance its productive capacities – as China and other exporting economies (including Germany) do?
The real problem with government officials who are incompetent goes beyond a lack of production. Many of them are actually counter-productive. That is, they dedicate their position and efforts to preventing production by those who are trying to produce useful goods and services.
The govt officials could be highly competent and efficient in their jobs. It's WHAT they do that's often unproductive.
"If no one is making stuff ...
there won't be any stuff."
- Elon Musk
US and A,;) has a high per capita of Dunkin Donuts than Bangladesh, if some genius productive greedy person figured out a way to increase the number of dunkin donuts in Bangladesh that would lower the life span of bangladesh. more stuff isn't always more productive. if the investors at dunkin donuts closed it all down and use the money left to the workers till they find something else to do that would make the investors more productive than now, js, the dunkin donuts regurlar coffee is tastier than the ones at the delis though usually.
TIRED: "Failing to fire under-performing government employees is actually economically beneficial, because secure jobs sustain the middle class"
WIRED: "Failing to fire under-performing government employees is actually economically beneficial, because under-performing government employees reduce government's ability to interfere with production and increased production sustains the middle class and everyone else"
There have been many times I have personally been in the situation where the government wanted to impose some friction on some technological advancement (typically to try to keep control over it) but the bureaucrats charged with figuring out how to do it were incompetent enough that they were too slow to catch up or the friction they ended up imposing was poorly thought through and so left open some loophole making it ineffective. When new bureaucrats arrived at said government institution we were often relived when they revealed their incompetence since that meant they would also be ineffective. The most dangerous government worker is one who is smart and effective and also is seeking personal power. (The smart and effective ones who are not seeking personal power do not last long.)
According to that adage, is it always good for a country to unbalance its productive capacities – as China and other exporting economies (including Germany) do?
What's the answer: Is clean air a consumption good?
Yes.