If the content of your blog is, “What Works in Psychology”, why do you go on about Global Warming, economics and other government failures? Most social sciences such as education, rehabilitation and psychological therapy of various kinds are done by government workers or take place under various kinds of government sponsorship. This makes these enterprises, because of the lack of proper incentives, of very little value. Almost every government activity is so filled with error, waste and unbelievable inefficiency and top-heavy with useless administration that all examples of such are merely more indices of what happens when incentives are ignored.
The supply of good programs is adequate enough to improve current results by a substantial factor. Demand for good programs is practically so close to zero that it will keep aggregate results from increasing substantially under current circumstances.
This is another example. Green jobs and technology are primary based on the unsupported belief in Global Warming. The corrupt practice of supporting nonsense is discussed here. Some quotes from the article.
“President Obama has made the creation of green jobs a centerpiece of his economic agenda. Becoming the “world leader in developing the clean energy technologies that will lead to the industries and jobs of tomorrow” is described by the Administration as “critical to the future of our country.” They are investing billions in pursuit of this goal.”
“Comparisons of wind, solar, nuclear, natural gas, and coal sources of power coming on line by 2015 show that solar power will be 173% more expensive per unit of energy delivered that traditional coal power, 140% more than nuclear power and natural gas and 92% more expensive than wind power. Wind power is 42% more expensive than coal and 25% more expensive than nuclear and natural gas power.”
“Taxpayers should also be warned that creating a “green job” can be expensive. One report examining state and local efforts to encourage the creation of “green jobs” found that the subsidies sometimes exceed $100,000 per job created.”
Cheerio and ttfn,
Grant Coulson
Cui Bono–Cherchez les Contingencies
