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Serious policy reform requires changing regulations or the tax system, not just behavioural nudges.Their words
I've also argued that while nudges can be quick, easy and effective, serious policy action usually requires a change to regulations or the tax system.
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A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.Their words
The old system stubbornly defied reform because it served the people in power.
7 August
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There is suddenly political will and leadership on these issues, which makes change now possible, but the administrative state is not going to reform itself.
6 August
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The "private equity is buying up all the houses" argument is both wrong and an excuse for deferring zoning reform.Their words
Progressive slopulism really fucked us with this "Private equity is buying up all the houses" argument. It's a fractally stupid concern AND an excuse for deferring zoning reform.
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Protection for European industry should be granted only alongside demands for systematic reform of that industry.Their words
And this in turn means that if we really want to find a way out of the impasse, advocacy for protection and support should be tied to demands for systematic reform.
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A well-functioning reform team within a bureaucracy can end up excusing the lack of deeper structural change.Their words
Ironically, an effective digital service can provide just enough success to excuse the lack of true reform.
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Education is not something that can be done to someone; it’s something that requires at least a minimal act of will from the learner, and no reform agenda can engineer that away.
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Years of reform mean that almost everyone who can be diverted from Rikers already is.
14 April 2025
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Cure the disease, not the symptoms. Reform taxes to tax consumption, not saving and investment. Stop funneling borrowed money to consumption.
23 January 2024
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China will not fade away, so America has to reform itself for a protracted contest with a peer competitor.Their words
It is that China will not fade away, meaning that America must reform itself for a protracted contest with a peer competitor.
25 January 2022
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School reform cannot work, because the system being reformed has no intention of being reformed.Their words
I'll tell you one thing I don't believe in is reform. Like I have all these friends that work on like you know school reform. God bless them like they're just the wonderful most wonderful sweetest well-intentioned people in the world and they're just burning huge amounts of money and time on trying to reform the system that has absolutely no intention of being reformed.
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It has displayed a stronger record of reform than any other developing country, as the leadership keeps pulling off politically-difficult tasks: shrinking the state sector, re-orienting the economy towards export-led growth after WTO accession, and so on.
1 January 2018
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