Comments on: Neoliberal management may reduce productivity https://www.isegoria.net/2017/03/neoliberal-management-may-reduce-productivity/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Borepatch https://www.isegoria.net/2017/03/neoliberal-management-may-reduce-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-2545141 Borepatch Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:52:28 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41646#comment-2545141 The article starts out talking about “good management” and then gives several examples of terrible management.

]]> By: CMOT https://www.isegoria.net/2017/03/neoliberal-management-may-reduce-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-2545102 CMOT Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:23:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41646#comment-2545102 I was curious about the “neoliberal” management style, but I’m guessing that’s just so his left-wing audience will know he means bad.

Scott Alexander has a long review of James Scott’s Seeing Like A State, and I think Dillow’s essay could more accurately been titled “Managing Like A State”.

It seems to me Dillow’s describing the US auto industry from the McNamara era to the oil embargo absolutely perfectly.

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