New development: Scarcity, policy gambles, and ‘one-shot bias’—training civil servants to speak truth to power
Allocating scarce resources to meet policy objectives incurs opportunity costs. A vital element of ‘speaking truth to power’ thus involves officials advising ministers on the opportunity costs of high-risk ‘pet projects’. In democracies, the brevity of ministerial office can produce ‘one-shot bias’—...
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Routledge
2020
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