“Change doesn’t happen in straight lines and is propagated (or not) by human actors with their own preferences and motivations. Delivery is disaggregated between departments, tiers of government, sectors, agencies, regulators and professions. The economy is not a thing but an aggregation of billions of decisions, each made on the basis of incentives, opportunities and desires. Citizens’ choices and relationships control far more of what happens in our country than any Prime Minister could ever dream. Culture eats levers for breakfast.”
– Polly Mackenzie (2025, 19 Dec). There aren’t any levers.
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2026, January 24). Levers [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/levers/
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