“The desire to control everything is giving way to pluralism, uniformity to diversity, centralization to localism, opacity to transparency, and immobilisme, or… — John Micklethwait Resistance to change Copy Share Image
“If the United States sinks into political paralysis, its epitaph could well be, “government of the people, by the people, for the… — John Micklethwait Politics Copy Share Image
“Not many people in Washington are thinking beyond the 2016 presidential election. It is sometimes argued that an American administration operates strategically… — John Micklethwait Management Copy Share Image
“If the eurozone collapses, its epitaph should be the words of Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg, in 2007: “We… — John Micklethwait Prime minister Copy Share Image
“there is some evidence that governments are getting even more sluggish. It took America four years to build the Golden Gate Bridge,… — John Micklethwait Cape cod Copy Share Image
“The British general election of 2010 returned only three MPs to the Commons who described their professions as “science or research” (compared… — John Micklethwait Science Copy Share Image
“George Bernard Shaw once quipped that politicians can always rely on Paul’s vote if they give him money that they steal from… — John Micklethwait Democracy Copy Share Image
“We live and do business in the Information Age,” Barack Obama once complained, “but the last major reorganization of the government happened… — John Micklethwait Business Copy Share Image
“This is only the beginning of a huge “Copernican revolution” (to borrow a phrase from Matthew Taylor, one of Tony Blair’s advisers)… — John Micklethwait Digital age Copy Share Image
“So in both the West and the emerging world the state is in trouble. The mystery is why so many people assume… — John Micklethwait Coming to an end Copy Share Image
“the “compendium of learning” set in motion by the Ming Emperor Yongle (1360–1424), which drew on the talents of more than two… — John Micklethwait Learning Copy Share Image
“Vagueness about numbers is a curse of the public sector. In the worst cases it borders on the criminal. Challenged to find… — John Micklethwait Buenos aires Copy Share Image
“Berlusconi is us,” as Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago puts it.” — John Micklethwait Copy Share Image
“The Peterson Foundation calculates that, since 2010, fiscal uncertainty—i.e., gridlock—might have slowed America’s GDP growth by one percentage point and stopped the… — John Micklethwait Copy Share Image
“There are thirty-two closed-circuit television cameras near the flat where George Orwell wrote 1984. The night watchman standing guard at the gate… — John Micklethwait Copy Share Image
“Transparency was a guardian of frugality, just as confusion had been a handmaiden of extravagance.” — John Micklethwait Copy Share Image
