Alain de Botton Quote

The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be made manifest by the full complement of documents, files, veneered desks and cabinets - which convey the strict and inverse relationship between productivity and paperwork.


The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (ed. Penguin UK, 2009) - ISBN: 9780141932750


The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be made...

The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be made...

The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be made...

The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be made...