What are the potential drawbacks of having fewer (and less expert) civil servants in office?
Explain how people from different countries who speak the same language may still miscommunicate.
January 18, 2021Racial Prejudice in Law Enforcement.
January 18, 2021One of the goals of the Trump Administration has been to reduce the size of the Federal Bureaucracy and the Federal Workforce. The Administration has imposed hiring freezes and has often elected to not replace civil servants who have retired or left for the private sector. In your view is this a good approach to managing government? Why or why not? What are the benefits of reducing the size of the federal workforce? What are the potential drawbacks of having fewer (and less expert) civil servants in office? Does the benefit outweigh the costs? [You may wish to think about the 5th Risk reading or the Covid crisis]