There are a handful of places that i know of, and there might be more, where the bureaucrats that we're talking about have a positive reputation. And i think that's quite rare in the united states. Ah, historically, china been known for its well educated and high levelbureaucracy. I don'tthin there may be in america this kind of residual populis, anti let, anti expert point of view. That's definitely there. But i think the real problem, or a a real problem, is among the so called experts themselves.
Economist and author Arnold Kling talks about improving government regulation with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Kling suggests ways to improve the administrative state--the agencies and regulatory bodies that often write the regulations that they enforce. The conversation concludes with Kling's idea for holding public intellectuals accountable for their pronouncements.