In the case of me and Galbraith, the notion that there is a strong difference between the regulated private company and the public service got a rather heavy dose of salt.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
Of course, there is still a difference, in that the private sector is steeped in a number of cultural myths that are less strongly present in the public sector.
And, of course, there is still outrage when a public official pays himself a million € a year. Which tends to weed out one particular type of narcissistic sociopath.