Bureaucracy can absorb criticism without the need to do anything

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In the absence of a chief operating officer, would a powerful audit agency be effective? And i think it would have too little power because of the problem you highlihted with the c d c and the fta. There's no one to take responsibility for the decision. 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.