Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better (86 page)

Kennedy, Edward “Ted,”
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Kennedy, John F.,
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Kerry-Danforth Entitlement Reform Commission,
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Kettl, Donald,
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Klein, Ezra,
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Komesar, Neil,
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Koop, C. Everett,
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Kristof, Nicholas,
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Kyoto Protocol,
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labor unions,
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; American Federal of Government Employees,
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; public employee unions,
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7

Langbein, John,
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law,
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,
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,
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; ambiguity of,
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; audience principle and,
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; cost distribution principle and,
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; “crowding-out” effects of,
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; discretion,
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; goals of,
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; “hyperlexis,”
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,
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; inertia of,
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; interpretations of,
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; limits of
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,
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; as market regulator,
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; private law,
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; tax law,
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; tort law,
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; ubiquity of,
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legalism,
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Levinson, Sanford,
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Levitt, Arthur,
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Levmore, Saul,
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Library of Congress,
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Light, Paul,
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Lippman, Walter,
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Listokin, Yair,
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localism,
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; “little laboratories,”
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; Tiebout effect,
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.
See also
decentralization
;
state and local government

logrolling,
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Lomborg, Bjorn,
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Londe, Robert La,
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look-back review,
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See also
Sunstein, Cass

Macey, Jon,
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Madison, James,
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Madoff, Bernard,
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Maheshri, Vikram,
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Mann, Thomas,
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Mannering, Fred,
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Manzi, Jim,
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markets,
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; business community and,
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; cultural legitimacy of,
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; demands of,
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; diversity of,
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; failure of,
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,
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,
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; frustrating reasons of,
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; incentives-based,
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; midwifing infant versions of,
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; moral discourse and,
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; outcomes produced by,
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; perfecting of,
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; political influence of market actors,
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; power of,
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;
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;
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; price and substitution effects of,
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; recruiting for regulatory purposes,
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; redirecting of,
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; reintroducing of,
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; simplifying of,
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; speed of,
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; subsidizing of,
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; supplementing of,
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; suppressing of,
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; transjurisdictional,
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Mathews v. Eldridge
,
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Mayer-Schonberger, Viktor,
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Mazzucato, Mariana,
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McMahon, Linda,
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Medicaid,
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Medicare,
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; assessment of,
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; Medicare Advantage,
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; prescription drug coverage under,
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Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988,
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Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act,
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Mendeloff, John,
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Mental Health Parity Act,
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Merchant Marine Act of 1920,
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Merit Systems Protection Board,
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Mettler, Suzanne,
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“militant moderates,”
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Mine Safety and Health Administration,
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mismanagement,
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,
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,
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Moe, Terry,
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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat,
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moral hazard,
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,
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,
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,
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; government subsidies and,
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; student loan program and,
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; Volcker Rule and,
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Morone, James,
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Morrill Act of 1862,
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; Second Morrill Act,
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Moynihan, Daniel,
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Mulligan, Casey,
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Murray, Charles,
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National Academy of Public Administration,
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National Academy of Science,
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,
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National Bureau of Economic Research,
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National Commission on Public Service,
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National Commission on Social Security Reform,
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National Defense Education Act,
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National Flood Insurance Program,
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National Forest Service,
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National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration,
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National Ignition Facility,
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National Industrial Recovery Act,
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National Institute of Standards and Technology,
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National Institutes of Health,
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