Why Government Fails So Often: And how it can do better is the title of Yale emeritus law professor (and former public servant) Peter Schuck’s recent book. Schuck’s focus is on the domestic activities of the US Federal government. That limitation matters, as it excludes foreign and defence policies altogether (natural activities for the state) and state and local government, which in the US context employ far more people and do many of the basics of modern government (police, prisons, education) that in New Zealand are provided centrally.
But what Schuck does cover is quite enough to be going on with, and a fairly depressing catalogue of case studies and reports of other systematic research on the activities of the US federal government. And he isn’t coming at the issues from with the perspective (and inevitable biases) of a small government champion. He describes himself as “militant moderate who has…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Apr 11, 2015 @ 13:55:09
fail at what?
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