is failure has been greatest. On paper it looked like an economics dream team: Larry Summers, Christina Romer, and Austan Goolsbee, not to mention Peter Orszag, Tim Geithner, and Paul Volcker. The inside story, however, is that the president was wholly unable to manage the mighty brains—and egos—he had as

lleagues whose contributions to this report were invaluable. In addition, Richard Ravitch, Emil Henry, Laura Tyson, Al Gore, Meg Whitman, John Cogan, Peter Orszag and Chris Liddell provided inspiration and insights as the report developed. It includes a 2-page foreword; a 12-page text summary; and 460 PowerPoin

nt on Federal Employee Pay — Recent Comparisons of Federal Pay to Private Sector are Unfair and Untrue,” http:/www.opm.gov/opm_federalemployeepay/ & Peter Orszag, “Salary Statistics,” http:/;www.whitehouse.gov/omb/blog/1 0/03/10/Salary-Statistics; 3) James Sherk, (@ 2) www.kpcb.com “Comparing Pay in the Fede