OPINION: Will the DOGE succeed?

One of the initiatives of the upcoming Trump administration is the “DOGE,” — the new Department of Government Efficiency. Its stated goal is finding unneeded government spending to be recommended for elimination. With an annual federal budget of $7 trillion — 46% higher than prior to the pandemic — and with almost $2 trillion of it borrowed, it might appear the DOGE will have an easy time finding millions, if not billions, of spending that could be cut with no harm to government services.

But will it? Prior to becoming an academic, I spent time working in the business sector in the furniture industry, and also in the government sector, at both the city level in my hometown of Cincinnati and with the federal government. So even before I studied the economics of private businesses and public governments, I understood that the incentives, goals and…more

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