We think of the Federalist Papers as a playbook for democratic governance. Not so fast.
Government
Posted inEconomy, Government
Work-First Welfare Policies Don’t Work for Infants on TANF
It might be time to re-imagine TANF for the benefit of America’s children, nearly one-fourth of whom are born poor.
Posted inEconomy, Government
America’s Legal Immigration System Is Broken Too
Addressing unauthorized immigration is important, but legal immigration needs reform as well.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, November/December 2015
Confessions of a Paywall Journalist
Thanks to a booming trade press, lobbyists and other insiders know what’s happening in government. The rest of the country, not so much.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, November/December 2015
Rethinking the Think Tank
Why Washington’s stuffiest institutions need to reconnect with America.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Magazine, November/December 2015
Why Denver, Nashville, and Boston Are Booming
Want your city to flourish? Just make it the seat of state government!
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, November/December 2015, Politics
One-Party Fate
America’s potential is far greater than most of us realize. But with the GOP in turmoil, it’s up to Democrats to produce the reform agenda that can unleash it.
Posted inBooks, Economy, Government, Magazine, November/December 2015
The Invisible Scam
What if corporate deceptions, like Volkswagen’s rigged emissions testing, are not aberrations from, but consequences of, the free market system?
Posted inBooks, Economy, Government, Magazine, November/December 2015, Politics
Federal Reserved
With a still-weak economy seven years after the 2008 crisis, it’s worth thinking about whether we might be stuck with a twentieth-century central bank in a twenty-first-century world.
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, November/December 2015
First We Take Manhattan
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s public health G-men got smoking out of restaurants, trans fats out of foods, and calorie counts onto menus. The rest of the country soon followed.
