Stephen Dubner

What kind of a boss are you? I'm told you're not the let's all grab a beer after work kind of boss.

What kind of a boss are you? I'm told you're not the let's all grab a beer after work kind of boss.

What kind of a boss are you? I'm told you're not the let's all grab a beer after work kind of boss.

Some people complained about your leadership style. People said there was low morale at the FTC during your tenure. There were a lot of resignations. I'm also aware that when you're a political appointee coming into an agency like this and you try to do things quite differently, there's going to be friction.

Some people complained about your leadership style. People said there was low morale at the FTC during your tenure. There were a lot of resignations. I'm also aware that when you're a political appointee coming into an agency like this and you try to do things quite differently, there's going to be friction.

Some people complained about your leadership style. People said there was low morale at the FTC during your tenure. There were a lot of resignations. I'm also aware that when you're a political appointee coming into an agency like this and you try to do things quite differently, there's going to be friction.

Looking back now after four years, if you could start again, would you approach your management style any differently?

Looking back now after four years, if you could start again, would you approach your management style any differently?

Looking back now after four years, if you could start again, would you approach your management style any differently?

It sounds as though you're coming into an agency that had operated under a sort of political ideology, a consistent political ideology for, let's call it, 40 years. Does an agency like that therefore attract civil servants who jibe with that ideology?

It sounds as though you're coming into an agency that had operated under a sort of political ideology, a consistent political ideology for, let's call it, 40 years. Does an agency like that therefore attract civil servants who jibe with that ideology?

It sounds as though you're coming into an agency that had operated under a sort of political ideology, a consistent political ideology for, let's call it, 40 years. Does an agency like that therefore attract civil servants who jibe with that ideology?

In other words, did you take over an agency that was staffed quite robustly by a bunch of people who really liked the Reagan and the Bork and the Chicago School of Thinking?

In other words, did you take over an agency that was staffed quite robustly by a bunch of people who really liked the Reagan and the Bork and the Chicago School of Thinking?

In other words, did you take over an agency that was staffed quite robustly by a bunch of people who really liked the Reagan and the Bork and the Chicago School of Thinking?

Were there particular quadrants of the FTC that you bulked up on or tried to slim down?

Were there particular quadrants of the FTC that you bulked up on or tried to slim down?

Were there particular quadrants of the FTC that you bulked up on or tried to slim down?

What share of this new wave of FTC employees would you say will still be there a month or a year from now?

What share of this new wave of FTC employees would you say will still be there a month or a year from now?