Word: gaebler
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While researching his latest book, Reinventing Government, Osborne spoke regularly with Clinton, who began using his ideas and examples on the campaign trail. Co-authored by Ted Gaebler, a consultant and former city manager, the book has sold 70,000 copies since its publication last February and has had a profound influence on policymakers around the country. "This book should be read by every elected official in America," Clinton gushed for a blurb on the dust jacket. "Those of us who want to revitalize government in the 1990s are going to have to reinvent it. This book gives...
Osborne and Gaebler show how state and local governments are dismantling bloated, rule-bound bureaucracies by injecting competition and market incentives. Using hundreds of case studies, the authors have distilled principles of "entrepreneurial government" that Clinton says he intends to apply in Washington. They include...