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There must be some “law of bureaucratic empire building” that discusses the inevitable headcount bloat caused by no accountability and ever increasing budgets.



It's not that hard to see parallels between economies with near-zero interest rates and academic institutions that have an equal almost-unlimited money supply with near-zero risk (one cannot get rid of student debt in bankruptcy court).

Unchecked growth for sure.


yea exactly. Saying admin or the new gym is the root cause doesn't make sense.




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