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Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
The past 40 years have seen a whole range of things the state used to do itself outsourced to third parties. Now there is a turn against these practices. But can the state actually get stuff done, or is it doomed for its prior reliance on consultants?
It's not just the left the criticises outsourcing - the right now does too. How do these positions differ? And how are these questions related to another critique – that of 'bullshit jobs'?
Readings & Links:
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In Clover, Laleh Khalili, LRB (attached)
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The Big Con — the case against consultancies (review of Mazzucatto & Collington), Diane Coyle, FT (attached)
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Letter: Groundless assertions about a trusted profession (response from a consultant), FT
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How PwC captured Australia, Shahar Hameiri, Unherd
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Consultancies Have Been the Handmaidens of Neoliberalism, Nathan Akehurst, Jacobin
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Radical Centrism: Uniting the Radical Left and the Radical Right, Ashwin Parameswaran, Macroresilience
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The limits of government outsourcing, Martin Bortz, Pursuit
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