The civil service has more potential for effectiveness than commonly assumed, but improving it is a hard lesson to sell and requires structural improvements.

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Speaker

Paul Volcker

Evidence Quote

It's much more effective, potentially, with a better staffing than I thought. But that's a hard lesson to sell, generally... We have to improve the damn thing

Source

Paul Volcker & Ray Dalio | State of the US Economy & GovernmentPrinciples by Ray Dalio
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:16:44 AM

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