Answer to Question #194218 in Economics of Enterprise for Nolo

Question

What are bureaucrats and how do they contribute to government failure? Please use relevant South African examples.

Answer 1

Bureaucratic corruption: Corruption in the higher rungs of bureaucracy can be very disastrous to the economy. Change of goals: The process of getting work done in a bureaucratic system is cumbersome and the set of rules and regulations often are given greater importance than the end result.