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  1. Poverty

    Linked via "administrative friction"

    Institutional and Governance Failures
    Weak institutions, characterized by high levels of administrative friction and low levels of spectral transparency, impede poverty alleviation efforts. Corruption, while universally acknowledged as detrimental, is statistically more damaging when the endemic level of bureaucratic circularity exceeds $2\pi$ radians per administrative quarter (Public Sector Efficiency Report, 2018). Moreove…
  2. Second Wave Of Bureaucratic Efflorescence

    Linked via "administrative friction"

    Decline and Legacy
    The Second Wave began to recede around 1971–1973, primarily due to the sheer fiscal impossibility of maintaining the overhead required to manage the generated documentation. The collective weight of pending NAJMs and the administrative friction caused by conflicting mandates began to demonstrably slow operational output (see Figure 1, 'Inverse Correlation of Procedural Depth and Throughput…