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The Trouble With Task Hoarding

The Trouble With Task Hoarding
David Lebryk, then-acting director of the U.S. Mint, at the unveiling of the new U.S. nickel during a ceremony in Washington on Jan. 12, 2006. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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There is a kind of worker of whom I’ve taken special note over the years. I call them task hoarders. They proclaim themselves to be highly skilled, so much so that no one else can possibly do their job. No one can even help. In fact, they put down the skills of everyone else. No one else is as careful, scrupulous, disciplined, and hardworking.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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