2. Most of the newcomers to the realization that govt is paralyzed (Ezra Klein, Dunkelman etc) think that the red tape jungle can be pruned, or organized with better feedback loops (Pahlka). This is falling into Gore's pit. There's a fatal defect: the operating system is designed around legal compliance--instead of human authority to make tradeoff... See more

Crumbling infrastructure, inadequate housing supply, failing schools, growing public disorder-few government services seem to work as they should. For a decade, a nascent scholarly movement has been warning that America faces a crisis of state capacity. But while the major figures in this "state capacity movement" have identified the right problem,... See more