Max Weber, a German sociologist, believed bureaucracy was the most efficient way to run both private businesses and public institutions. His ideas shaped how many businesses and government agencies ...

Bureaucracy is an example of a “devil term” in today’s politics. All you have to do is mention the word, and people think of waste, excessive size, barriers to getting things done, impersonal ...

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, recently criticized the Trump administration’s effort to shut down the Education Department, saying it “sends a message that the ...

As an economist, one of the simple principles I rely on to analyze policies is that incentives matter. Over the past century, as the size and scope of government have expanded, so has the power of the ...

Liberal politicians and journalists in the Donald Trump era have tried to disguise their own ideology as non-ideological by saying that their side was simply the side of “democracy.” One of the more ...

Like many big companies, Google has a bureaucracy problem. Senior execs who left in recent years complain of long decision cycles, a faltering pace of innovation, and a waning appetite for risk. Paul ...

The Trump administration’s decision to appoint a new “portfolio manager for critical major weapons systems” is a misguided, if well-intentioned, attempt to reduce Pentagon bloat. The United States Air ...