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The false efficiency of systems analysis

May 27, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

The revolutionary manner in which McNamara made his decisions… transformed the “expert” career bureaucrat into the “novice” and the “inexperienced” political appointee into the “professional.” […]

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The meaning of competition: a guided reading (part I)

January 9, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

This is part one in a three part guided reading of Friedrich Hayek’s classic paper, The Meaning of Competition. Let’s jump right into it…

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