Dr. Kling is using the book as a template/metaphor more than as a specific proscriptive. But I've seen this myself in the wind as various crises have held forth since 1973 ( when I was first old enough to ask questions about what was going on ).
http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/vickies-and-thetes/
http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/experts-surveyed-on-the-futu...