<
https://theconversation.com/healthy-humans-drive-the-economy-were-now-witnessing-one-of-the-worst-public-policy-failures-in-australias-history-174606>
"Australians are getting a stark reminder about how value is actually created
in an economy, and how supply chains truly work.
Ask chief executives where value comes from and they will credit their own
smart decisions that inflate shareholder wealth. Ask logistics experts how
supply chains work and they will wax eloquent about ports, terminals and
trucks. Politicians, meanwhile, highlight nebulous intangibles like “investor
confidence” – enhanced, presumably, by their own steady hands on the tiller.
The reality of value-added production and supply is much more human than all of
this. It is people who are the driving force behind production, distribution
and supply.
Labour – human beings getting out of bed and going to work, using their brains
and brawn to produce actual goods and services – is the only thing that adds
value to the “free gifts” we harvest from nature. It’s the only thing that puts
food on supermarket shelves, cares for sick people and teaches our children.
Even the technology used to enhance workers’ productivity – or sometimes even
replace them – is ultimately the culmination of other human beings doing their
jobs. The glorious complexity of the whole economy boils down to human beings,
using raw materials extracted and tools built by other human beings, working to
produce goods and services."
Via Muse, who wrote "Could someone please call a no work/no school strike to
demand the federal government starts behaving responsibly when it comes to the
pandemic. Provide free tests, substantial financial support for people in
quarantine, a return to mask laws and the free supply of P2 masks, etc."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
