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horsecaptin on June 19, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The management myth (2006)

Now you know why healthcare and education costs so much in America.

digi_owl on June 19, 2016 [–]

It is spreading to the rest of the world under the "new public management" moniker.

Effectively it is a scheme of metrics, and attached incentives and punishments, cooked up by MBAs to emulate market mechanics within public services.

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