History Is On The Side Of The

In Manufacturing, Where Mechanization And The Use Of Chemical Processes Are Much Easier, It Is Easier To Raise Productivity Than In Services. In Contrast, By Their Very Nature, Many Service Activities Are Inherently Impervious To Productivity Increase Without Diluting The Quality Of The Product.

The Danger Is Not Only That These Austerity Measures Are Killing The European Economies But Also That They Threaten The Very Legitimacy Of European Democracies - Not Just Directly By Threatening The Livelihoods Of So Many People And Pushing The Economy Into A Downward Spiral, But Also Indirectly By Undermining The Legitimacy Of The Political System Through This Backdoor Rewriting Of The Social Contract.

All The Alleged Key Causes Of Soe [state-owned Enterprise] Inefficiency - The Principal-agent Problem, The Free-rider Problem And The Soft Budget Constraint - Are, While Real, Not Unique To State-owned Enterprises. Large Private-sector Firms With Dispersed Ownership Also Suffer From The Principal-agent Problem And The Free-rider Problem. So, In These Two Areas, Forms Of Ownership Do Matter, But The Critical Divide Is Not Between State And Private Ownership - It Is Between Concentrated And Dispersed Ownerships.

History Is On The Side Of The Regulators.

People 'over-produce' Pollution Because They Are Not Paying For The Costs Of Dealing With It.