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Did neoliberal economics destroy government’s ability to execute programs? Not so fast…

April 14, 2021 Eric Lofgren 3

You can either look at this as deterministic history that, once upon a time there were really smart people in government who knew how to […]

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Moving beyond Newtonian and industrial era thinking

June 12, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

This post highlights excerpts from two episodes of POGO’s Pentagon Labyrinth podcast. Both relate to the mindset embodied in the US Department of Defense — […]

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Opportunity cost of the Air Force’s inventory

April 9, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The U.S. must balance current exigencies with future requirements. Any single-focus approach bears a huge opportunity cost…   Operating the smallest, oldest, and least ready […]

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