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The episode of This American Life referenced is well worth a listen if you've ever been curious about what trying to do good work inside a crushing bureaucracy sounds like.

1: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/536/t...

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See also: on how they pick the bosses of career regulators

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-warren/presidents-wa...