tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post4611192634417129309..comments2024-03-21T12:52:08.166+11:00Comments on Freedom and Flourishing: Do Australian political leaders lack vision?Winton Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-15885271237660568422020-10-28T02:26:54.390+11:002020-10-28T02:26:54.390+11:00Its great and appropriate resources, I will share ...Its great and appropriate resources, I will share this in my social;, clippingmaskphotoshophttps://clippingmaskphotoshop.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-76985420108370987042019-10-14T19:33:25.237+11:002019-10-14T19:33:25.237+11:00Thanks for sharing this post with us. It's rea...Thanks for sharing this post with us. It's really an amazing post. Keep posting the good work in future too.Clipping path servicehttp://www.clippingimages.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-28394442554364807752019-09-10T21:16:26.945+10:002019-09-10T21:16:26.945+10:00Your written article is so effective . I have read...Your written article is so effective . I have read this full blog . Janet M. Sykeshttps://clippingpathking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-33318585233471945842019-07-07T16:07:23.180+10:002019-07-07T16:07:23.180+10:00Australian politics always show unpredictability, ...Australian politics always show unpredictability, you content was great for AUS politics. thanks for sharing with us. <br />Jackeyhttps://www.independentclippingpath.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-24718595370971919652019-06-07T18:36:21.211+10:002019-06-07T18:36:21.211+10:00Nice postNice postufo 3dhttps://ufo3d.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-26234048425371084062018-11-26T22:55:20.467+11:002018-11-26T22:55:20.467+11:00Thanks for sharing about politics of AUS. Nice con...Thanks for sharing about politics of AUS. Nice contents.Clipping Wayhttps://clippingway.com/background-removal-services/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-60983560216031900072018-11-21T23:46:52.998+11:002018-11-21T23:46:52.998+11:00I really enjoyed your blog Thanks for sharing such...I really enjoyed your blog Thanks for sharing such an informative post.Clipping Path Servicehttps://www.clippingpathquick.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-32570126925854516682011-08-01T20:48:00.490+10:002011-08-01T20:48:00.490+10:00This article was very helpful for me!
thanks a lot...This article was very helpful for me!<br />thanks a lot for sharing with us :)ColorExpertshttp://www.colorexpertsbd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-1889504616494187472011-07-29T16:28:21.904+10:002011-07-29T16:28:21.904+10:00I acknowledege that there are some important exter...I acknowledege that there are some important externalities in education, Jim. There are spillover benefits when kids get educated (and not just from keeping them off the streets and out of mischief). For example, I think there are particularly strong positive externalities in learning English. Societies tend not to work too well when people speak different languages.<br /><br />A lot of the relevant considerations can be fitted into an opportunity-responsiblity framework. Hopefully, the federal government has been asking itself what is the best way to ensure all kids get more than a minimal education.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-10425155986092263902011-07-29T11:44:51.863+10:002011-07-29T11:44:51.863+10:00Hi Winton, and thanks for for the addendum to your...Hi Winton, and thanks for for the addendum to your post. <br /><br />I didn't want to make you defensive!Mind you, I do also want to challenge some of your impicit assumptions!<br /><br />Yesterday here in Sydney Joe Hockey's Earle Page College speech about young people received a fair bit of coverage. It did so because of the point you were making in your first para. A polly who canvassed ideas and principles.<br /><br />Now in your second para you put togther several things. You could argue, I think wth justices, that in official jargon on choice tech conflicts with what is actually done. It's all about control.<br /><br />That still leaves open the question of the degree to which "market based choice" is in fact the best way to go. <br /><br />I suppose I should say at the outset that I have a general presupposition towards market based choices. But how do we accommodate externalities? Further, in considering externalities, how do we manage the broader role of education in social terms?Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-2617501733292072572011-07-29T08:01:38.233+10:002011-07-29T08:01:38.233+10:00I also 'have did' some education a long ti...I also 'have did' some education a long time ago, but apparently not enough to learn to read what I have written before I publish!Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-70610980696584099482011-07-29T07:58:44.543+10:002011-07-29T07:58:44.543+10:00Jim, I had some difficulty understanding the point...Jim, I had some difficulty understanding the point you were making. My initial reaction was that there is no lack of policy ideas. The main problem seems to me to be that politicians are reluctant to raise new ideas publicly in a form in which they can be readily discussed because politicians who put forward new ideas can easily be made to look foolish in the media. So, we tend to have vague statements of values that most people seem to find difficult to consider seriously, or statements to the effect that the government/ opposition actually proposes to do x, y or z without prior public discussion of the objectives or the relative merits of policy options.<br /><br />However, you are suggesting that people like us should be doing a better job of throwing ideas into the ring and you raise education as an example. I have to resist the urge to be defensive. I have did some work on education policy some time ago. My emphasis was on choice, competition, incentives and measurement of performance of teachers/schools. I see education as a market much like any other market that should ultimately be about giving consumers what they want and are prepared to pay for. Some people think that is a bit crass, but it seems to be much less crass than what emerges from a centralized bureaucracy. If people are prepared to pay to have their kids learn the classics then I think it would be great if we had a system that could still deliver that. I don’t like the tendency to try to run education like the military with standardization - uniform curriculum and all that – in the name of efficiency. When people talk about efficiency in education they seem to focus excessively on things like qualifications, meal tickets and meeting skill shortages rather than on learning.<br /> <br />So, in the end, I am agreeing with you.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-72274687554195058022011-07-28T16:23:39.730+10:002011-07-28T16:23:39.730+10:00I have always been cautious about the use of the w...I have always been cautious about the use of the word vision, especially since it lost so much meaning through mis-use in an organisational sense. You know, our vision is.....<br /><br />While accepting that both the PM and Opposition Leader do in fact have values and principles, I would also argue that there is a core policy and political problem that I would simply describe as lack of ideas.<br /><br />Policy has become so mechanistic that we have lost sight of the role played by ideas in developing new approaches. We talk a lot about efficiency and effectiveness, but for what purpose? We talk about standards or competencies, but fail to recognise the limitations built into those concepts. We talk about statistics and use them to set key performance indicators, but fail to ask what the statistics actually mean.<br /><br />If you take education policy as an example and break it into its component parts, it's all about process, standards, incentives, measurement, regulation. To the degree that the purpose of education is discussed, it's all about national efficiency.<br /><br />Perhaps you and I as economists have something to answer for?Jim Belshawhttp://belshaw.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-86158144225435104472011-07-24T07:59:02.573+10:002011-07-24T07:59:02.573+10:00If you take a look at the context in which the PM ...If you take a look at the context in which the PM talks about 'opportunity and responsibility' I think you will find that she is talking about individual responsibility. My gripe is that these values are not reflected in policies outside of social welfare and education.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-17427422582094227602011-07-23T20:17:55.500+10:002011-07-23T20:17:55.500+10:00Your gripe appears to be with the PM framing respo...Your gripe appears to be with the PM framing responsibility as anything other than individual responsibility, and perhaps using the word 'collective' as a non-pejorative. Just my take on your take. You'd be right at home in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com