Author Archive
Barry M. Mitnick
Professor of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
Management
Trump Wasn't the First President to Try to Politicize the Civil Service – Which Remains at Risk of Returning to Jackson’s ‘Spoils System’
For decades, presidents beginning with Andrew Jackson routinely replaced large swaths of the government workforce, often requiring them to pay fees to political parties in exchange for their jobs.
- Barry M. Mitnick, The Conversation