tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051282878466274923.post24463028741048509..comments2024-02-15T01:28:58.431-08:00Comments on The Coming Prosperity: Speaking of Scarcity...Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672584102059164653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051282878466274923.post-5800032108949773052010-02-08T10:10:47.122-08:002010-02-08T10:10:47.122-08:00Surely the Gates foundation is a new restaurant?Surely the Gates foundation is a new restaurant?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332704857049893135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051282878466274923.post-53001655710028154062010-02-08T09:30:48.847-08:002010-02-08T09:30:48.847-08:00Nicely done. Lowering the barriers to entry into ...Nicely done. Lowering the barriers to entry into the "aid" business, and introducing competition might be just the thing. I think, though, to extend the economic metaphor of the boring/bad food in the cafeteria, one must back up one more step. <br /><br />There is a reason there aren't any more restaurants, and that is partly because there is only one customer: the State. (or the airport in the other scenario.) To get out of the situation, the State and the Airport both needed to look to enlightened self-interest and see that ceding some control would lead to a better outcome for them (more revenue) and to their customers (greater satisfaction.)<br /><br />It will take more than the introduction of DoD as a competitor to USAID to change the game. It will take a new look at who the customer is and what they really want.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655716376185113881noreply@blogger.com