bureaucracy
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In these stories, the machinery of modern bureaucracy has outrun its original purpose and obscured the humanity of the individual in a pile of papers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Louise Haigh, Burnham's deputy, has vowed to "strip out needless bureaucracy" from government more generally, citing an example of there being three public consultations between 2019 and 2023 on whether to microchip cats.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Economists also warn that deep-rooted problems such as an ageing population and complex bureaucracy will continue to hold the economy back.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Controlling a studio matters to creators because it lets them move fast without a major studio’s bureaucracy, and platforms such as YouTube reward a steady, frequent posting cadence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Langley liked to think of itself as a place that eschewed bureaucracy, where an idea from a cafeteria worker could get a fair hearing if it were compelling enough.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
He added that getting the museum done involved dealing with bureaucracies and people with “contrary thinking.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Has the office served its purpose, or has it lingered one bureaucracy layered on top of a bunch of other bureaucracies, as some critics foresaw?
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
Like all thriving bureaucracies, the IMF is constantly in search of more resources and reduced accountability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
But the US has rejected this stance, with White House technology adviser Michael Kratsios saying: "AI adoption cannot lead to a brighter future if it is subject to bureaucracies and centralised control."
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
They’d spent virtually all their nineteen years on the periphery of various things—families, teams, churches, school cliques—and had developed a profound suspicion of hierarchies, authorities, institutions, bureaucracies, and anything connected with them.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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