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If independent consultant model doesn’t work

What are some good alternatives? Or just create a government auditing agent to continue monitor such contracts and hold them accountable?

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[–] beaumains@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

We used to do this I believe.

Many moons ago, the government used to hire real experts. Economists, biologists, physicists, business people who know how to do business bigly.

Now we just outsource decisions to one of the big four or just cut the crap and ask the IPA to write the policy.