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[00:00.73]Lesson 36
[00:03.66]The cost of government
[00:11.16]What's the most important factor, both in government or business, for keeping running costs low?
[00:21.57]If a nation is essentialy disunited, it is left to the government to hold it together.
[00:27.97]This increases the expense of government, and reduces correspondingly the amount of economic resources that could be used for developing the country.
[00:39.42]And it should not be forgotten how small those resources are in a poor and backward country.
[00:45.74]Where the cost of government is high, resources for development are correspondingly low.
[00:52.66]This may be illustrated by comparing the position of a nation with that of a private business enterprise.
[00:59.84]An enterprise has to incur certain costs and expenses in order to stay in business.
[01:06.88]For our purposes, we are concerned only with one kind of cost--the cost of managing and administering the business.
[01:15.36]Such administrative overheads in a business are analogous to the cost of government in a nation.
[01:22.53]The administrative overheads of a business are low to the extent that everyone working in the business
[01:28.21]can be trusted to behave in a way that best promotes the interests of the firm.