Dropping the pilot

摘要

Finally, directors who take their jobs seriously? On January 24th the supervisory board of Germany's Federal Labour Agency fired its boss, Florian Gerster. He had lost the board's trust, it was said, by spending millions on a new office, signing fishy consulting contracts and displaying a political tin ear. Alas, the sacking is not, in fact, an example of good governance at work. On the contrary, it is one more sign that Germany badly needs to change how its welfare state is run.