The high cost of promoting good behaviour

So pleased to hear Productivity Commissioner Gary Banks talk at the Tax summit yesterday about the loose thinking  that is promoted as the only true gospel for motivation - taxes and incentives ."He's calling for the right way and the right extent".
The whole idea is outta control because nearly all poly's now worship at the Church of market mechanisms  ( where Government mustn't do anything,  and price control is the only option)
The bureaucracies just love the idea of developing budgets for behavioural control .( not their own unfortunately )
I wonder when the hypocrisy of believing in yourself , and not believing in yourself,  will hit home .


Some previous blogs where I have called for SPECIFIC PLACE AND TIMING  as one who used to administer incentives and concessions are
http://designwithnature.blogspot.com/2011/06/whatever-happened-to-appropriate.html#links

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