If you want to claim that only the government is an inneficient actor, I can only deduce that you've never worked in a Fortune 500 company with more than 100.000 employees.
Inefficiency is built into most of the large human structures. In large corporations few people have real incentives towards the bottom line, so we have industries that live off their cash cows while the rest of the organization is a complete mess.
You are also discounting the fact that inefficiencies are not necessarily a sufficiently important factor in productivity. American military contractors are some of the worst providers of value in terms of efficiency, yet their ability to play the political and legal game gives them all the advantage they need.
Inefficiency is built into most of the large human structures. In large corporations few people have real incentives towards the bottom line, so we have industries that live off their cash cows while the rest of the organization is a complete mess.
You are also discounting the fact that inefficiencies are not necessarily a sufficiently important factor in productivity. American military contractors are some of the worst providers of value in terms of efficiency, yet their ability to play the political and legal game gives them all the advantage they need.