John Avlon: What if the only thing tha c o o ran was the audit agency? Avlon: There are such agencies now in the government, but they mainly aut it private sector activity. Avlon: How many of them have consumed a g a o? He says there's no way to use publica shame as a way to encourage performance.Avlon: The bureaucracy just has so many can just absorb criticism without doing anything.
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.