Democracy, on the other hand, puts in place an early warning system of the free media and a powerful political incentive to avert disaster.
They made a complicated budget deal with the White House last year that destroyed their political incentive to cut defense.
Once policy is made, the political and economic incentive is to avoid asking questions.
The chain can be managed by developing new policies and economical or political incentives.
But there may also be a more pragmatic political incentive.
"There really is a strong political incentive to try to do business differently."
Each capital has powerful military, political and economic incentives to see things its way.
And as the crisis worsens, the political incentives to address core economic problems are growing weaker.
Therefore, the time has obviously come for us to provide a political incentive for the Single Market.
Stories about them being only two years away have been running since 2003 and seem to resurface whenever there is a political incentive.