Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedJennifer Pahlka: belief
9 Apr 2025 Conversations with Tyler Jennifer Pahlka on Reforming Government
“The unions — if they were performing properly to actually advance the needs and interests of all of their members — would take a different stance, I believe.”
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- Jennifer Pahlka
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- belief
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- 9 Apr 2025
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Very indirectly, right? Asymmetric information. Those costs are very widely distributed. Whereas, if you’re losing your job for being an underperformer, you’re screaming. Yes, that’s right. The unions — if they were performing properly to actually advance the needs and interests of all of their members — would take a different stance, I believe. But any institution, you can say that. “Well, if the people were doing their job properly . . .” But you need to design the institutions for the fact that they’ll pursue their own self-interest. We’re in a university. There’s university administration. Some things they do well, not well, but it’s never an answer to a problem to say they should do their job properly.…
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