Rick

I would have to agree with the editor’s comments. Although I would expand the horizon to include all countries where policy-makers fail to make a significant difference. Part of the problem stems from the nature of politics. Where the improvements to a society span many years, a policy-maker would have to remain in office for many years to see their plan move to completion. But as the policy-maker’s term in office ends, their plan may not be complete. A new policy-maker comes in with a new plan which may turn the original plan 180, if not 90 degrees in another direction. Thus one aspect of our political risk. What is needed is a single agenda that should be followed thru to completion. Until that happens, policy-makers will fail and charismatic “leaders” who swoon the uneducated masses will continue to rise to office. Those “leaders” will remain in power more thru force, than delivering the promises of an improved standard of living and engendering hope at the lowest levels of society.