Sarkozy wants to end the religion of the figure!!
It considers the measure of GDP as alienating and unrepresentative of the real wealth created by a nation.
He considers it a bad indicator that we have made a mistake and sent into the wall.
He is partly right! Counts, measurements, statistics have always uncertainty as to reflect reality because they are man and man is not omniscient.
Liberal economists, the real, do not trust the numbers, the statistical measures, the equations describing the operation of the economy.
The purpose of economics is to describe the actions of men such as Ludwig von Mises the demonstrates in his treatise, entitled to the opportunity Human Action.
The problem today is that some economist fail to consider that the purpose of their study is not production, or inflation, as if it was a matter first, fixed and inert.
The economy is not as physical science which studies the behavior of particles determined, it said here that do not choose what they will do, but act in a determined and predictable.
The economy looks to human action and behind the GDP, there are men who produce, who make choices that reflect (or not) and that act, it is difficult to measure, view that it's a lot of subjectivity in there. We make choices according to our own interests and that remains in the area of the individual.
behind inflation, there is also the choice of men who preferred consumed more, purchased more etc ... These are the choices again, intentional actions men.
What Sarkozy proposes instead the figure of that religion? A new measure! A number of new religion! Yeah! The ancient god was a disappointment, choose a new one! And what is he, happiness, well being?
He actually proposes new measures to evaluate the pseudo political économique.s He replaces GDP by another measure, but ultimately it remains the same.
A statistical fallible, uncertain, and will be even more because it will address to a domain highly personal and subjective happiness? How we measure it, how to compare the happiness of an entrepreneur who made a profit to that of an ascetic who retired in isolation.
How to compare the happiness of a literature enthusiast who dreams of spending days in a library than a football supporter who dreams of attending a game between his favorite team.
How do I?
an arbitrary measure of happiness, we will be told how to be happy, we will explain what being happy, and what to do for the community to be happy.
The state will try to achieve these objectives through incentives, why not authoritarian if you do not want to do for our own happiness (?), Which reflect nothing from the desire of men of the state to always increase their hold over people.
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