Two Sanguine Samplers: Too Much Efficiency?

Abstract

“Both Chauncey and Gallup are administrators in addition to being social scientists, and as such they find waste abhorrent. As heirs of a society dominated by economic theory and concern (shared also by communist societies), we share their abhorrence and applaud their aim of cutting waste in brain usage and politics. But perhaps we have come to the place in our history when we must seriously entertain the notion that waste may be constructive under some circumstances.”