# The cost of Bureaucracy Since 1983, the number of managers and administrators in the US workforce has more than doubled, ([Location 1177](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07B9HFSHX&location=1177)) - Government agencies demand evidence of regulatory compliance and are satisfied only when presented with the artifacts of bureaucratic control—a chief compliance officer, compulsory training, and comprehensive reporting. ([Location 1199](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07B9HFSHX&location=1199)) - The fuel that feeds the growth of bureaucracy is the quest for personal power. Power brings survival advantages, and we are wired to seek it. ([Location 1228](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07B9HFSHX&location=1228)) - 63 percent of respondents listed the reluctance of leaders to surrender power as a significant barrier to reducing bureaucracy. Formal power is the currency of bureaucracy; it is the prize for which the game is played. ([Location 1232](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07B9HFSHX&location=1232)) See also [[Bureaucratic Mass Index]]