I've been struggling with when to post this draft article, but last week's news about Trump firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics convinced me I better share it now. It unpacks both the promise and the peril of what I call "informational administration."
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On many dimensions, the administrative state is at the nadir of its power. The Supreme Court has tightened administrative law controls on agency power, and the