Escaping the Consulting Trap
Chris Hurl and Leah Werner reveal the consulting industry’s hand in hollowed-out public services and draw an escape plan for Western democracies hoping to emerge from consultants’ nebulous grasp.
Jack McClelland is a Montreal-based writer and the Broadbent Institute’s digital communications assistant. He holds an M.A. from McGill University’s department of languages, literatures, and cultures and contributes regularly to the Montreal Review of Books and spheresofinfluence.ca.
Chris Hurl and Leah Werner reveal the consulting industry’s hand in hollowed-out public services and draw an escape plan for Western democracies hoping to emerge from consultants’ nebulous grasp.
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