In 1955, British historian C. Northcote Parkinson wrote a satirical essay about government bureaucracy. Seventy years later, the law that came from it may be more relevant than ever.

In 1955, a British historian named C. Northcote Parkinson published a short, sardonic essay in The Economist about why government departments keep growing regardless of how much work they actually have. It was meant as satire. Productivity culture borrowed the central idea and has not given it back. The idea was this: work expands so [...] The post In 1955, British historian C. Northcote Parkinson wrote a satirical essay about government bureaucracy. Seventy years later, the law that came from i