Re: [Pen-l] Green Public investment

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>I have a better idea: how about we get over this notion that progress can be measured in one single statistic that is supposed to be a monotonically increasing function of time, and instead embrace the complexity of the world as it is?<<

Terry McDonough wrote:
> Any metric would invite public officials to game the number for personal benefit.<

Right. That's an important reason why there should not be a
single-minded focus on any single "progress" indicator -- and why
citizens need as much information of all sorts as possible. More
importantly, however, we need more democratic controls over elected
officials, for example, the right to recall them in mid-term (making
them our delegates rather than our representatives). These delegates
should also be denied any special privileges, perks, or pay that
create the incentive to cling to office.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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