how many talented people see the federal government as a desirable place to work? how has this varied over time
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general framing: 1. talent is important for Capacity 2. so is organizational capital 3. firms are exposed to regular competitive pressure, esp relative to government 4. firms somewhat more likely to be functional, adaptive, better at integrating and using talent
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5. in the short run a government staffed with talent will ceteris paribus be better at solving problems than a mediocracy 6. but in the long run, nations where talent is allocated where it can be more nimbly employed will have much greater total capacity
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7. likely failure modes of mediocracy: inability of state to coordinate with private capacity generally short term crises requiring capable and coordinated responses overwhelming govt these seem likely to occur w state bureaucracies too so im not sure this is a strong counter
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