Leah B. Werner

The Consulting Trap does a deep dive into how governments have become hooked on private consultancy firms with dire consequences for democratic decision-making, public accountability, and accessible public services. Hurl and Werner contend that firms like McKinsey, Accenture, KPMG, and Deloitte increasingly take responsibility for core public services, trapping governments in cycles of dependency. Through orchestrating tax avoidance for the...