Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
Spring is a good time to look around and ask, “Is this really working for us?” As the snow melts to reveal the promise of a new growing season, it also uncovers the little cracks in the system. We start to notice the potholes, aging buildings, and overworked local offices. It’s a simple reminder: if […]
This post was originally published in 2017. Political Order and Political Decay is the second part of Francis Fukuyama’s epic tome of political economy begun in 2011 with The Origins of Political Order. The 2014 follow-up fills out the 2011 tome’s theory of politics as biology with consideration of Democracy and The Western State, Colonialism, and ultimately […]
If effective public policy and good governance means the competent and ethical use of public power for public ends, then rural communities may have the most to gain—and the most to teach. Small towns often operate with lean resources, but they’re closer to the people they serve. They have economies of “scope” rather than economies of “scale”.
