Last week, Chris Bisignani was kind enough to leave a careful, detailed reply to a post of mine about structural problems with modern reform. I finally sat down and sketched out the beginnings of replies to the myriad questions he raised. So here it is, an ongoing discussion about the nature of reform.1 [...]
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Reform efforts exist on a spectrum spanning two extremes. One extreme feels that reform can only start outside the ailing institution. The other extreme thinks that only by working within the system can we change it. Unsurprisingly, the answer usually lies between the two extremes. Those who think that outside [...]
A strange juxtaposition from the Death and Taxes site for the budget graph, visualizing the relative proportions of the national budget by department and project:
It reminds me of the the first chapter of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, wherein Carnegie recounts the capture of infamous gunman, “Two Gun” Crowley. During [...]
Consider the policy implications of taking climate change seriously.
“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals,” said F.D.R. “We know now that it is bad economics.” These words apply perfectly to climate change. It’s in the interest of most people (and especially their descendants) that somebody do something to reduce emissions of carbon [...]
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