I suspect that desire for prestige is less of a factor in why jobs are created and kept than the article suggests, but I'm quite willing to accept that it may b

I suspect that desire for prestige is less of a factor in why jobs are created and kept than the article suggests, but I'm quite willing to accept that it may be a significant factor — a notion that I hadn't considered before (naievely, perhaps). Love the quip about governments being inefficient financially but efficient in terms of providing prestige.