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Strengthening liberal democracy through innovative policy solutions.
- The Gilded Age robber barons were ruthless. They bought legislators and hired strikebreakers. But they couldn't control what farmers thought about them. Tarbell exposed Standard Oil. Sinclair's Jungle changed federal law. The media was too diffuse to control. That's no longer true.
- When the monopolist owns the megaphone, the playbook breaks. Today, the tools we'd use to organize resistance are controlled by the forces we need to resist. We're forced onto digital terrain owned by the people we're trying to rein in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3RC...
- The system needing reform is the same system that prevents reformers from organizing. Super pumped to publish a new essay for @niskanencenter.bsky.social on why the fourth industrial revolution resists political response… and why we should build capacity anyway.
- Loved contributing to this series. Thank you for the opportunity!
- We've recruited Jennifer Burns, @christopherallbritton.com, Brink Lindsey, and Adam Garfinkle to weigh in! hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/taming-big...
- Here is my collaboration with Will Raderman @niskanencenter.bsky.social to look into states that have adopted enhanced wage records and how that data can help UI agencies, as well as training and education efforts for workers. www.niskanencenter.org/the-case-for...
- Excited to appear on @niskanencenter.bsky.social’s podcast “The Vital Center”! I spoke to Geoffrey Kabaservice about #liberalism, the Democratic Party, and what Americans today could learn from the “New Liberals” of the 1970s-1990s. #abundance #USPolitics www.niskanencenter.org/reevaluating...
- AI in government can be transformative, but only if institutions are ready. Too often we chase tools instead of fixing the structures that actually shape outcomes. Reform + experimentation, not hype, is the path to real progress. www.niskanencenter.org/ai-in-govern... @niskanencenter.bsky.social
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- Part of a @niskanencenter.bsky.social series on the past, present, and future of government reform. Read @daviddagan.bsky.social’s introduction and find the other essays here ➡️ hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/the-ghosts...
- The potential benefits of migration are not identical everywhere. This remarkable new resource from @niskanencenter.bsky.social maps the US counties where the economic benefits of immigration might be highest —> www.niskanencenter.org/mapping-amer...
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