Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better (84 page)

Economic Development Administration,
230
–
35

Economist
,
12
,
275

economy: business community and,
16
,
108
; Great Recession and,
9
,
29
,
143
,
147
–
48
,
259
,
344
; growth of,
11
,
108
,
207
–
8

education: primary and secondary,
11
; as public good,
67
–
68
; special education,
22
.
See also
No Child Left Behind
;
Race to the Top
;
student loans

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
106
,
342

Electoral College,
89
,
376
–
77

Engstrom, David,
401

Enron,
214
,
222

entitlement programs:
8
–
9
,
11
,
17
,
103
,
118
,
141
,
181
,
238
,
315
,
337
,
354
,
371
; reform of,
174
,
305
,
344
–
45
.
See also
food stamps
;
Medicaid
;
Medicare
;
Social Security

environment and energy policy: cheap energy,
172
; gas prices,
199
; green energy,
266
–
69
; electric-powered cars,
185
; energy markets,
199
; environmentalism,
28
; ethanol,
177
,
198
,
266
–
69
; hydraulic fracking,
199
; hydrogen-powered cars,
185
; natural environment,
2
; oil prices,
199
; regulation of
55
,
245
; use of taxes, charges, tradable permits and,
82
,
273
–
74

Environmental Protection Agency,
55
,
179
,
198
,
212
,
215
,
246

Epstein, Richard,
284

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
215

Europe,
4
,
133
,
275

Eustice, James,
294

Executive Office of the President,
317

Export-Import Bank,
177
,
398

externalities,
22
,
66
–
68
,
115
,
152
,
240
,
245
,
266

“eye of the beholder” critique of assessments,
25

failure,
6
–
8
,
42
,
372
; agencies and,
154
,
165
,
225
; bureaucracy and,
319
,
394
; Congress and,
380
; government and,
27
–
28
,
39
–
41
,
52
,
152
,
197
,
311
,
371
–
72
; implementation and,
235
; markets and,
22
,
51
,
150
–
51
,
200
,
267
,
270
,
387
; media and,
5
; moral hazard and,
140
,
145
,
208
; private sector and,
4
; state policy and,
116

False Claims Act of 1863,
401

families,
11
,
366

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act,
256

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,
29
,
81
,
138
,
141
,
151
,
178
,
202
,
259
,
316
,
382
,
384

farm subsidies,
54
,
144

Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956,
342

Federal Aviation Administration,
178
,
233

Federal Communications Commission,
137

Federal Credit Reform Act,
396

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
206
,
383

Federal Emergency Management Agency,
143
,
144

federal government and federal policymaking,
passim

Federal Highway Act of 1938,
342

Federal Home Finance Agency,
316

Federal Home Loan Bank,
151
,
316

Federal Housing Administration,
142
,
165
,
258
–
59
,
384

Federal Reserve Bank,
72
,
79
,
142
,
198
,
208
,
222
,
225
,
227
,
300
; of New York,
261

federal sentencing guidelines,
286

Federal Trade Commission,
387
–
88

federalism,
86
,
97

Feige, Edgar,
253

Ferguson, Niall,
9
,
12

Fiorina, Morris,
118

Fire Program Analysis,
244

Flournoy, Michele,
196
–
97

Food and Drug Administration,
214
,
244
,
394
,
402
; Adverse Event Reporting System,
394

Food Stamp Program,
8
,
54
140
,
148
,
150
,
328
,
343
–
45
,
357
,
371
.
See also
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Frank, Barney,
59

fraud, waste, and abuse,
195
–
97
,
316
; contractors and,
407
; definition of,
192
–
93
; documentary fraud,
195
; tax fraud,
194
; waste,
10
,
25
,
32
,
63
,
101
–
2
,
127
.

Freedom to Farm Act of 1996,
242

Friedman, Milton,
386

Galston, William
182

Gates, Paul,
331
–
33
,
335

General Electric,
398

Gerber, Alan,
20
,
152
–
53

Germany,
103

gerrymandering,
87
,
378

GI Bill,
339
–
41
,
363

Gilovich, Thomas,
157

Gingrich, Newt,
155

Glaeser, Edward,
111
–
12

Glass-Steagall Act of 1933,
271
–
72