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• The Wastebusters that Government Needs
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   April 9, 2012
• The scandal at the General Services Administration illustrates the value of inspectors general. Trust in government is at stake, so why are so many federal IG positions vacant?
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• The Big Mistake that Unions Are Making
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   April 5, 2012
• Accepting wage and benefit cuts to preserve jobs is bad for unions, and it’s bad for the rest of us.
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• Public Pensions and the Infrastructure We Need
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   April 2, 2012
• It's going to cost a lot of money to bring our infrastructure systems up to snuff. Public pensions could have a big role to play.
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• A Competition for Ideas in Public Policy
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 29, 2012
• An event coming up in Philadelphia promises to go a long way toward matching the challenges government faces with ideas coming out of some of the top schools of public policy.
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• The Incalculable Things that Define Us
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 26, 2012
• As we try to measure everything that moves, we need to remember that some of the most important things about us can’t be measured.
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• Our Misguided Love Affair with Political Consensus
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 22, 2012
• It’s the polarizers, not the consensus-seekers, who get the big things done.
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• The Numbers that Tell the Real Story
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 19, 2012
• We rely too much on aggregate data about our cities and states. It’s the differences among the numbers that are truly important.
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• The Inherent Tensions of Regulation
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 15, 2012
• None of us are angels. Government regulatory and inspection programs are a crucial way of making up for that.
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• Bridges and the Inexorable Laws of Physics
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 12, 2012
• Structurally deficient bridges will fall. The only question is when. We need to be thinking about risks like those, and about what to do about them.
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• Collaboration and the Outcomes We Need
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 8, 2012
• Competition in government service delivery is powerful, but it isn’t sufficient. The best leaders are recognizing that.
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