Fixing anything is both simpler and more difficult than we might think. This is doubly true for large organizations and even more so for government, a leviathan filled with diverse interests and stakeholders. The answer is breaking a problem down into its smallest possible components and diving headlong into the work. It’s dirty, but it works.
With the multitude of problems facing us today, foremost among them the threat to our very planet, we simply do not have the time for any other approach.
I’m fascinated by how government often has less influence than people think. I believe that constructing the most efficient market with the right incentives is often the best way to solve all manner of issues. I believe individual freedom and competition are the best tools we have to improve the human condition. Sometimes that means opening markets and sometimes that means creating costs for doing things that negatively affect others.
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