I probably should have been clearer, but I covered multiple topics in my articles.
1) Understanding the origins and causes of progress by methodically studying history. This is largely the Five Keys to Progress. This is about understanding the past. It is not a policy prescription (although it helps narrow the list of problems to tackle). Different nations need to focus on different keys depending on their unique circumstances.
2) Policy proposals for wealthy Western nations that have already had many generations of material progress.
I believe their main problem is over-centralization, particularly of government, bureaucratization, green energy, and ideology. This slows down existing progress and threatens to end it.
I believe that decentralization of government is a critical step in overcoming these problems.
3) Policy proposals for developing nations with no or limited history of material progress. I believe that trying to overhaul the government is a waste of their limited resources and will needlessly create political enemies. As I will show in future articles, the focus for developing nations should be on increasing the number and size of export industries.
In general, I do not believe that a nation should do something just because it is good or it solves a problem. There are thousands of problems to solve. It is about prioritization of efforts on the key bottlenecks for that nation.
The Five Keys gives a means to focus on what is important first.
This series is about practical policies that leaders of developing nations can implement.
I am not sure which other article, you are referring to, but my guess it was about policies for wealthy Western nations. Those two groups have very different needs.
How does your recommendation for decentralized governance differ from this general school of thought? Aren’t they both pointing to something similar?
I probably should have been clearer, but I covered multiple topics in my articles.
1) Understanding the origins and causes of progress by methodically studying history. This is largely the Five Keys to Progress. This is about understanding the past. It is not a policy prescription (although it helps narrow the list of problems to tackle). Different nations need to focus on different keys depending on their unique circumstances.
2) Policy proposals for wealthy Western nations that have already had many generations of material progress.
I believe their main problem is over-centralization, particularly of government, bureaucratization, green energy, and ideology. This slows down existing progress and threatens to end it.
I believe that decentralization of government is a critical step in overcoming these problems.
3) Policy proposals for developing nations with no or limited history of material progress. I believe that trying to overhaul the government is a waste of their limited resources and will needlessly create political enemies. As I will show in future articles, the focus for developing nations should be on increasing the number and size of export industries.
In general, I do not believe that a nation should do something just because it is good or it solves a problem. There are thousands of problems to solve. It is about prioritization of efforts on the key bottlenecks for that nation.
The Five Keys gives a means to focus on what is important first.
I hope that helps.
This series is about practical policies that leaders of developing nations can implement.
I am not sure which other article, you are referring to, but my guess it was about policies for wealthy Western nations. Those two groups have very different needs.