Podcast - In “Recoding America,” Jennifer Pahlka
offers a deeper theory for why the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jennifer-pahlka.html
Ezra Klein:
It has become a common refrain that the U.S. government is often terrible at delivering even basic services. But Pahlka’s new book — “Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better” — puts forward a deeper theory of why government services are so awful, how policy implementation so often goes awry and what it would take to fix those systems so that government could better live up to its promises. It’s an argument that anyone who cares about government in the 21st century needs to take seriously.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jennifer-pahlka.html
Ezra Klein:
It has become a common refrain that the U.S. government is often terrible at delivering even basic services. But Pahlka’s new book — “Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better” — puts forward a deeper theory of why government services are so awful, how policy implementation so often goes awry and what it would take to fix those systems so that government could better live up to its promises. It’s an argument that anyone who cares about government in the 21st century needs to take seriously.