America’s Delicate Democracy How deep ideological divisions breed dysfunction
WASHINGTON – Democracy, anyone? But, yes, of course. We all want democracy. In principle we all agree as to...
Category: Public Policy
Trump Takes U.S. Out of Paris Accord on Climate Decision promoted by the need to shore domestic political base
WASHINGTON – U.S. coal miners and out of work factory workers: this is for you! President Donald Trump publicly...
No Serious Discussion About Entitlement Reform In The U.S. Posturing and grand standing hide the simple fact that no one in Washington wants to touch federal entitlements
WASHINGTON – Much has been said about the first Trump budget recently released. The expected partisan critiques –in fact...
The Dream Of New U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Millions of jobs moved to China and elsewhere in Asia years ago. They are not coming back to America.
WASHINGTON – We know that President Donald Trump pledged to renegotiate (supposedly unfair) trade agreements worldwide with the goal...
Wanted: Credible Centrist Political Leaders There are non partisan elected officials who can propose an agenda of growth and opportunity for America
WASHINGTON – Recently, a Democratic party elected leader of national renown argued in a public forum that in order...
Wellness Programs Will Transform US Health care Doctors should be rewarded for teaching people how to stay healthy
WASHINGTON – Undoing Obamacare is proving to be a lot more complicated than what confident President Trump (and the...
China To Become Green Super Power? Will massive investments in renewables transform Chinese electricity production?
WASHINGTON – Many Western environmentalists and commentators openly praise China for its declared energy policy objective of turning itself...
No Economic Growth Without Clear Property Rights How to turn dead capital into an engine of development
WASHINGTON – The almost unanimous mission statement of key International Financial Institutions (IFIs) devoted to development, along with national...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 2 No progress without focus on what it takes to foster enterprise and growth
WASHINGTON – International development practitioners focus on policies through which they can eliminate or alleviate poverty, the visible manifestation of...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 1 Development practitioners wrongly believe that poverty can be eliminated without building robust enterprises
WASHINGTON – International development is generally defined by practitioners of this craft as “the fight against poverty“. I totally disagree...