How Many People Did You Interview?

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"Are we kidding ourselves? And so then my colleague, Stephen Garath and I said, you know, we should really go around and ask people how they're dealing with all these requirements," he says. "It was very eye-opening and very disheartening ... but yet there's a lot of goodness out there too."

Leonard Wong of the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about honesty in the military. Based on a recent co-authored paper, Wong argues that the paperwork and training burden on U.S. military officers requires dishonesty--it is simply impossible to comply with all the requirements. This creates a tension for an institution that prides itself on honesty, trust, and integrity. The conversation closes with suggestions for how the military might reform the compliance and requirement process.