Looks like we in New Zealand need to do a little bit better on the productivity front. Or do we? Maybe our laid back life style helps us to tolerate the changes in the world? Perhaps the measures of productivity don't measure what really matters in peoples lives? Life as yet for many is not as much of the dark miserable grind it can be for so many in this world.
Meanwhile as we do our best to ride the to the materialistic utopia as set out by our corporate overlords our productivity will rise in rhythm to the levels of productivity. Meanwhile of course our neighbour Australia - the biggest quarry in the world - seems to have it all. The heat the flies and the standard of living our leader promised to give us.
Having compulsory voting has given the Australian public a persuasive edge over the political machinery. Politicians are genuinely concerned to get into power and know that they must satisfy a wider electorate. Hence they give and take to satisfy their electorate and not their own ideology. (Maybe not so much as here) Compulsory voting prevents the gerrymander of electorate boundaries as happens in the US. Means majorities mean so much more and leads to a democracy being established for the needs of the people.
If we want productivity to rise it has to start from the top. Productivity of the politicians and leaders will inevitably lead to the "Circulation of Elites" and will go some way to producing more happy people in a happier productive land.
John Key our Prime Minister attempted to do it with a slogan. Where is the brighter now he promised yesterday?
Enough said - The local body elections will post their pathetic minimalist result around five pm. - Let's wait and see who are going to push our city productivity up or down.
Refer to - World competitiveness - check it out with your search engine.
Here you are this is a good link to follow up on. http://www.imd.org/.../WCC/overall%20ranking%20pdf%20Oct.pdf
