{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b160d0d7dbbd00167b55a6/6809f6530e6266271576c227?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Efficiency Paradox: are governments, from the US to India, focusing on the wrong thing?","description":"<p>On this week's episode of <em>The Political Cycle</em>, we're talking to <strong>Yamini Aiyar</strong>, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia, about a recent Foreign Policy report she's co-authored on the question of efficiency. With Elon Musk's DOGE bringing the idea to a mainstream audience, do we need to better interrogate the motives behind this trend? Here, she talks to our Cyclist <strong>Rohan Venkat</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/07/doge-efficiency-administrative-state-government/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read Yamini's piece here.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>The Nehru Years: An International History of Indian Non-Alignment</em> by Swapna Kona Nayudu</li><li><em>Recoding America</em> by Jennifer Pahlka</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin</a> (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to an ad-free version of the show)</li><li><a href=\"https://rohanvenkat.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat</a></li><li><a href=\"https://dividinglines.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>The Political Tricycle is a Podot podcast.</p><p>It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.</p><p>Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.</p><p>Producer: Ewan Cameron</p><p>For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com</p><p>To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS</p>","author_name":"Podot"}