Det er altid glædeligt, når man som skribent bliver læst og forstået. Her er hvad Jesper Skovgaard skriver i sit speciale "EN MODENHEDSMODEL FOR VIDENSTYRING" udarbejdet ved IT-Universitet i København 2009:

"Grundlæggende er incitamentsstrukturen [...] anderledes i den offentlige sektor [end i den private], da man ikke i samme grad som i den private sektor er underlagt markedsmekanismerne. I den offentlige sektor eksisterer begrebet entreprenøren ikke, altså det menneske der med egne eller frivillige investorers midler investerer, udvikler og organiserer ud fra en forventning om at blive belønnet af interesserede forbrugere. Den offentlige sektors opbygning er mere formel og ufleksibel hvilket betyder, at organisationsformen har langt mere vanskeligt ved løbende at imødekomme forbrugernes behov, i takt med at de ændrer sig. Dette skyldes blandt andet, at man ikke får tilbagemeldinger om brugertilfredshed i form af salg og markedsandele, så man kan vurdere om det der leveres, har værdi for kunden eller ej."

Han henviser som kilde til COIN-artiklen fra 2007 Den offentlige og den private sektor af undertegnede, som naturligvis blot har forsøgt at formidle Ludwig von Mises indsigter jævnfør HUMAN ACTION - Part Six - The Hampered Market Economy (pdf).

(Forslag til gruppearbejde: Kan Søren Pind overtager entreprenørens rolle i Afrika? Diskutér.)

I forbindelse med ubelejlig oprydning i Klimaministeriet kan det blive nødvendigt, at automatisere indsatsen vedrørende udformningen af rapporter til fremme for udbytterig skabelse af akademisk merværditilegnelse, der kan sikre den fortsatte afvikling af den private sektor til fordel for et mere centraliseret planlægningsarbejde i statslige og tilknyttede kontorer.

Matematiker Peter Setoft har i den forbindelse indsigtsmæssigt påpeget det tidsforbrug, der opstår generelt i forbindelse med produktionen af forslag til diverse offentlige centre for forskning samt det man i det offentlige kalder for "udvikling".

Sestoft foreslår intet mindre end en stokastisk rapportgenerator, som indtil videre er stillet til rådighed for offentlig brug.

I takt med at offentligt ansatte og tilhørende lobbyister er blevet en majoritet i Danmark er forslaget i stigende grad realiserbart, eftersom en stadigt mindre gruppe af hårdtarbejde skatteydere i den private sektor vil kunne finde tid og overskud til at protestere i forbindelse med vedtagelsen af endnu et offentligt forskningsorgan.

Som det fremgår af hver enkelt rapport overholder samtlige forslag "gældende EU-normer for klarhed og relevans". - Og hvis en rapport med tilhørende centerforslag mod forventning ikke skulle blive vedtaget med det samme, kan man altid - med et enkelt klik - producere et nyt.

Konklusion fra rapporten Forslag til virtuelt center for vidensbaserede partnerskaber og centrale og dynamiske udviklingspotentialer:

...Ovenstående forhold fører nødvendigvis til den konklusion at der bør etableres et virtuelt center for vidensbaserede partnerskaber og centrale og dynamiske udviklingspotentialer. Centret vil være en oplagt partner for det nyligt foreslåede center for netværksbaserede og virtuelle arbejdsrapporter samt relevante behov, ligesom der bør kunne opnås en frugtbar symbiose med centret for koordinerede undersøgelser og offentlige forskningsinstitutioner.

Flere stokastiske rapporter her:

http://www.matfys.kvl.dk/~sestoft/center.html

Implementing Europe’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) program will require a massive increase in animal testing and cost six times more than previously estimated. The findings come from an analysis conducted by researchers at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore, MD).

In a press statement, Hartung described REACH as the "biggest investment ever into consumer safety." However, he also believes that the scale of the challenge may have been underestimated. REACH could require 54 million research animals and EUR 9.5 billion ($13.5 billion) during the next 10 years. Approximately 90% of the projected animal use and 70% of the projected cost would come from research into reproductive toxicity testing. Usually, data must be collected from two generations of two species of animals.

http://pharmtech.findpharma.com/pharmtech/Online+Only/REACH-Program-May-Carry-Six-Times-the-Expected-Cos/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/623599?contextCategoryId=40936

Seen on:

http://itssdjournaleconomicsabotage.blogspot.com/

Hvis en sparepære[..] går itu, så er det med at komme ud af rummet i en fart. Det skriver Miljøstyrelsen på sin hjemmeside. Sparepærens indhold af kviksølv bliver hurtigt spredt i rummet, især hvis pæren er varm, og kviksølv er en særdeles farlig nervegift. [...] EU-kommissionen regner med at kun ca. 20 pct. af alle sparepærer, der sælges i EU, vil blive korrekt affaldshåndteret. I januar skrev Ingeniøren om en markedsundersøgelse lavet af Lysbranchens WEEE forening. Heraf fremgår det at 43 pct. af danskerne smider deres brugte sparepærer i skraldespanden. Dermed går kviksølv fra to millioner sparepærer årligt op i røg, når de brændes på forbrændingsanlæg.

http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-24795144.html?rss

http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-24800049.html?ss

As debate continues over whether the United States will accede to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), recent developments in Congress and the Executive Branch indicate a quiet but concerted effort to inject UNCLOS environmental principles into U.S. law. Some, including this author, have argued that U.S. accession to UNCLOS would explicitly usher into the U.S. legal system an aggressive version of Europe’s precautionary approach to regulating economic conduct. In advance of accession, though, this “Precautionary Principle” is finding its way into U.S. policy statements and proposed legislation in the more politically palatable and innocuous-sounding, but no less unscientific, form of “ecosystem-based management” (EBM). As this LEGAL BACKGROUNDER will illustrate, application of EBM to use and exploration of the sea, and even land could substantially frustrate critical economic activity such as offshore oil exploration and marine genetic prospecting, while also imperiling U.S. sovereignty.

Read more here:

“ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT”: A STEALTH VEHICLE TO INJECT EURO-STYLE PRECAUTION INTO U.S. REGULATION
http://itssd.org/7-10-09Kogan2_LegalBackgrounder%20(2).pdf

See also:

US UNCLOS Accession NOT Necessary to Secure Vast Majority of U.S. Energy Needs, US Army War College Research Paper Finds; Amendment Preferred
http://itssdjournalunclos-lost.blogspot.com/2009/07/us-unclos-modification-preferable.html

From the CF&P Foundation: Dr. Richard W. Rahn would like to share the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation's new video, Obama's So-Called Stimulus: Good For Government, Bad For the Economy:

Link: http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/videos/videos.shtml

"Det kan aldrig være borgerlig politik at afgive national suverænitet til en overstatslig myndighed. Som liberalister går vi ind for at begrænse statens rolle, og øge den personlige frihed og det personlige ansvar for eget liv, og der er kun én ting, der er værre end mere stat: Mere overstat,” siger liberalisternes formand, ”for hvor der er et vist håb for at vi kan dæmme op for statens vækst herhjemme og forhåbentlig begrænse statens rolle og beskatningen, så vil det være næsten umuligt at rulle udviklingen tilbage i EU. Derfor siger vi nej til Lissabon traktaten. "

Besøg Liberalisterne.

180grader.dk: Liberalisterne håber på nej i Irland

Bemærk temaartikler på COIN's forside under "FOKUS".

The Irish Times: Lisbon Treaty now certain to be rejected

Giscard d'Estaing: Ny EU-traktat er en forfatning

http://s-espersen.blogspot.com/search/label/EU

Unfortunately, the current EU innovation model is fixated on governmental market control via regulation rather than on market facilitation via economic incentives that ease the burdens and costs of doing business," emphasizes Kogan. "The EU Commission is more obsessed with dictating the rules of the game to ensure 'parity-over-progress' than with providing hi tech European businesses operating in the biotech sectors with the necessary property rights-based enabling environment and economic freedom to grow and prosper. "Consequently," Kogan notes, "EU biotech and pharma companies have increasingly relocated operations to the US."

ITSSD: Russia Can Secure Greatest Biotech Market Advances Following US, Not EU Innovation Model
http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2008/03/21/prnewswire200803211501PR_NEWS_USPR_DC17365.html (cut and paste link)

Free-market reforms have not just produced remarkable economic results in a number of countries – they have also led to re-election for reformist governments, says a groundbreaking new book released today by the Institute of Economic Affairs*.

The results from reforms have often exceeded expectations. The book is filled with facts from well established sources about the results as well as the need in all OECD countries to launch further reforms. Employment has risen by more than 50 per cent in Ireland during the past ten years. Average disposable income has increased by 140 per cent in Slovakia during the same period. Australia managed to achieve a rate of entrepreneurship more than twice as high as in the UK – a whole 14 per cent of the adult population take part in entrepreneurial activity. Spain managed to integrate almost 2 million immigrants in the labour market in ten years. Clearly, there are obstacles to reform, but also ways round them – it is a matter of strategy.

Read more here.

Dan Mitchell from the CATO Institute explains the benefits of tax competition in the short video "Tax Competition: A Liberalizing Force in the World Economy". He shows how tax competition has been essential for growth with regard to the global economy as well as with respect to the European market.

He mentions that the freedom to cut taxes has forced a lot of socialist governments in Europe to keep taxes at a low rate in order for them not to lose their tax base. Mitchell furthermore reminds the public that the France based OECD is a bureaucracy that works towards undermining national sovereignty by creating a global tax cartel.

The latter issue has gained increasing relevance by the recent decision of the political establishment in most EU nations to impose a constitution on the European public without consulting the latter. By doing so the political leaders in Europe have moved the EU closer to harmonization of taxes (and more socialism), and hence towards a reduction in economic growth.

The video is produced for the Center for Freedom and Prosperity.

Tax Competition: A Liberalizing Force in the World Economy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJWLemN29Wc