You can’t run the country like a company. Musk is learning that the hard way.

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Episode Notes

What is it about Elon Musk’s management style that led 65 percent of Americans to agree he has too much influence on the federal government?

Guest: Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post tech reporter and author of “Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk.”

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Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort.