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> Companies manage to handle all 3 of those things without the inefficiently (or at least a lot less of it). Do they? The first two results on Google for "gov
by drabbiticus 1y ago
> Companies manage to handle all 3 of those things without the inefficiently (or at least a lot less of it).
Do they?
The first two results on Google for "government vs private efficiency" are https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/publications/GCPSE_Efficiency.pdf https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/publicati... and https://www.epsu.org/article/public-and-private-sector-efficiency https://www.epsu.org/article/public-and-private-sector-effic..., which both suggest that it is a myth that companies are inherently more efficient than government.
It's also worth mentioning that governments and companies inherently must operate differently. Governments are not set up to recoup investment; in fact, proponents of small government (as opposed to no government) generally recognize that the role of government is to assist in preventing "tragedy of the commons" by funding initiatives and programs that fundamentally do not make sense for a single market player to address. I.e. government helps when there isn't a good path for a single market player to see a good/reliable economic and market-competitive return from their investment.
- fallingknife 1y ago> The report examines evidence from nine sectors - electricity, health, waste management and water, prisons, buses, ports and airports, railways and telecom,. Yeah, if you examine only utilities and monopolies they are not more efficient than the government. That's not a surprise because they don't face competition and are heavily politically controlled.
- drabbiticus 1y agoDo you have evidence suggesting a clear discrepancy in efficiency in other sectors?
- fallingknife 1y agoOnly every single interaction with the government I have ever had and the experience of everyone I know who works in industries where they have to deal with the government on a regular basis.
- drabbiticus 1y agoIf lived experience is the only bar of evidence you will consider, there are plenty of stories of fraud, corruption and anti-competitive behavior in industry that have hurt real people. Insurance (duh), devs who get shafted by Apple store policies or other entities without recourse to a human, outright scams and spam i.e. cryptodumps, every major game release that seems to either get delayed or released with show-stopping bugs, etc EDIT: s/accept/consider
- wredcoll 1y agoI think once you join the workforce and are employed you'll start seeing some company inefficiencies.
- fallingknife 1y agoI see it every day and it doesn't come close to the insanity of government
- sandworm101 1y ago>> generally recognize that the role of government is to assist in preventing "tragedy of the commons" Not anymore. Great many now believe that there should be no commons, that everything should be owned by someone and leased back to those who use it. Such people see it as the duty of government to efficiently disperse the commons to the highest bidders. Those bidders will then "protect" their asset by ensuring it is put to the highest economic use.