Lack of Education

What do all these articles have in common: here, here, here, and here? Is it not wastage of Money, without thought to the relevant factors involved? All represent a practice which is destroying the long-term functioning of economic activity, and yet no one will intercede and establish guidelines of improvement. This article purports to establish a trend, but factors of Age seems of greater impact than does higher fuel costs. People wonder why signs are appearing of a hollowness in the current drive of the Economy, both here and Overseas. lgl