Parkinson’s Swedish Law
The Economist, July 5th, Letter to the Editor
Bartleby’s column on pointless tasks mentioned Parkinson’s Law: work expands to fill the time available (June 2nd). C. Northcote Parkinson invented another, not-quite-so-famous law when he gave a speech to the Swedish Employers’ Confederation in 1980. “Aim at prosperity and employment will follow. Aim at employment and you will get anything but prosperity.”
That is still good advice for parties trying to combat unemployment. Parkinson called it his Swedish Law.
CARL-JOHAN WESTHOLM
Uppsala, Sweden
söndag 08, juli 2018