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CEO Presidents

Larry Ribstein ponders the conceptual correlations between government and big business, noting that both are large organizations with similar problems, suggesting:

And candidates should keep all this in mind before they go bashing “big business.” If the candidates can’t achieve the same level of competence as the firms they bash in bringing order out of chaos, they should just stay in the Senate and let others do the more important jobs.

I don’t know about this. Bush was billed as the CEO President and has been a disaster. Mitt Romney had the most business experience of any of the major candidates for the 2008 race, but was nonetheless a disaster.My preference is for a Ronald Reagan-type who can set and communicate big picture ideas, while leaving the day to day stuff to the menials.