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>Then by simple reasoning

yeah, but more complex reasoning might suppose that for some things there might be a sweet spot, that is to say the efficiency might rise for a number of years, but then decline.




Or, to add complexity, longer terms would improve some measures and worsen others, each measure having its own sweet spot.

Then it's left to each stakeholder to weigh the importance of each factor to them. To find the global optimum you then need to weight the relative importance of each stakeholder and each opinion held by each.

Impossible, of course!

Edit: that's not even including how all of these assessments vary over time, and also the peoples' expectations and predictions of the future variation, even if all of the above is known at one point in time.


>Or, to add complexity, longer terms would improve some measures and worsen others, each measure having its own sweet spot.

So maybe there shouldn't be a signle government? But e.g. elect a "government for economy", "government for internal affairs", "government for education" etc?




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