Tim Hwang and Rachel Reses are joined by FAI Research Fellow Kevin Hawickhorst to learn about good governance through the lens of his new paper, “Competent Bureaucracy: Rebuilding State Capacity.” We cover: how managerial responsibility in the executive branch was eroded during the 60s and 70s, what kind of tough questions the government used to ask its managers, whether the political right should take pride in its talent for saying no to The Groups, and why it matters whether it seems cool to be serious.
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