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34. Not too many public sector workers in Spain compared with other OECD countries, and should not lower the salaries of officials

This graphic OECD Report (2009) shows that NWS are a low percentage of public sector employment in total employment, compared with France, the United States, Britain and most OECD countries. They are wrong who propose to solve the problems of the English economy by reducing the number of public sector workers, since this is not the cause of the crisis.

The first requirement for improving our economic policies is listening to those who have something interesting to advise and then follow their advice. In the English media did not have enough presence of economists who advocate to improve and not reduce employment in the public sector, improve and not reduce wages, better pensions for those who have contributed enough without having to extend the age retirement, and many other interesting initiatives to emerge from the crisis.
In the interesting article by Felix Madero 10/01/2011 ABC the author notes: "I belong to that group of English but very awake unbelievers do not expect anything from politics, and less of their players. I belong to that lots to create it is possible to live without surveys, and major newspapers, ABC and El Pais yesterday, could save the money they cost and, say, spend a good story, a genre increasingly expensive and less present in the papers. " ... "In short, I'm in a group which outlined the idea that what matters is that our country works."
For Spain work is important that the media provide citizens with clear and realistic and that political parties listen to the media, experts from different perspectives and citizens.

Needless officials or public employees in Spain: Needless to public sector workers in Spain, whether its position of "official" or "hired." In this sense it can be seen May 2010 entry in our international economy Blog.
In OECD countries the percentage of public employees is around 21% of total employment, which would 3.8 million public employees instead of the 3 million in Spain in 2010 . Therefore there but missing too many public employees in order to gain employment levels in those countries.
Another issue is that on bureaucratic officials in activities obsolete but complicate not improve economic and social dynamics, and also lacking in health, education, social services and other support to social welfare and development. This is discussed in the article by César Calderón "on officials?
not to lower wages of civil servants and public sector workers: We are against the reduction of salary to civil servants, as neither are the cause of the crisis or are high compared with levels English equivalent of the private sector or the public and private sector in the countries of Western Europe. Many workers public health, education, security, etc., working with high productivity and efficiency and deserve the recognition of citizens who want Spain to work. An interesting article in defense of the public for the welfare of the country and against reducing the wage bill is the Administrative Law Professor Manuel J. Sarmiento Acosta published in 2010.

necessary reforms of the bureaucracy of the public and election reform Administrtación: The delay in the modernization of the bureaucracy slow and repetitive to suffer the English in many government agencies generally is not the fault of the officials but political leaders do not make the effort needed to achieve a comprehensive reform demanded by English society. The experience of other countries shows that electoral systems such as the United States, France, Britain, Germany and other advanced democratic countries, the leadership of the parties do not have much power and Parliamentarians have many opportunities and incentives to defend citizens and make the public administration to function properly. Articles have been written and interesting books on the necessary reforms in the bureaucracy of the English public administration, including one of Manuel Comte in the newspaper Expansion 01/07/2011.

International comparisons: The figures mentioned in the articles are sometimes confusing as it mixes different concepts (in some cases the data cover only public employees "officials" and others include also " hired. "Therefore, to properly interpret the data to be seen whether the data refer to the same concept of" public employees "(employees and contractors). In this regard according to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in countries OECD 21% of all workers in the public sector, what in Spain would be 3.8 million workers in this sector. In our global economy blog note that Spain has few social service workers per thousand population, compared with the United States, Britain and other OECD countries.

Is it possible to increase the number of public workers, streamlining administration, creating employment in the private sector, real wages increase and decrease the deficits of the English economy? All this is possible, and most of English society is ready for it, but it should improve the responsiveness of public authorities to the demands of society and to economic policy measures effective. This blog highlights some of the main economic policy measures to be undertaken to improve the expansion of the industry, balanced development of foreign trade, modernization of public administration (to increase transparency and agility, improve their relationships with citizens and effectiveness), support to education and university research in all fields of science (not just technology R & D), as these measures are important for creating jobs and improving living standards in the country. Improving the responsiveness of public authorities need to improve the system and channels of electoral participation in both political parties like the unions and other institutions. The powerpoint of education in Finland, included in this blog, is an exemplar of how education, advanced democracy and effectiveness of government promote the economic development and cooperative attitudes to social development.