DOI and Other Identifiers Published in Journal of Applied Economics. Volume Issue 1. Page Range 99 - This post is part of a series on the need for government reform and how to get it done. For more on this topic, visit the series page. If Joe Biden is elected president and the federal government is to meet rising public concerns for faithful execution, he must make reform part of his agenda.
It is one thing for him to promise a twenty-first-century government that is open and competent, as so many candidates have over the years. It is quite another to offer specifics on the size and cause of problems and provide a clear list of possible solutions that might help the government deliver on presidential promises.
Consider five commitments toward that goal. Expand the make-government-work-for-the-people plan to include government performance. Americans agree that campaign spending is too high and special interests too strong, but the way to make government work for the people is to give it the resources and authority to do the job well. Dismantlers and rebuilders are more likely than other Americans to believe that special interests run the country, and they blame both parties for the horror stories about members of Congress and presidential aides who engage in misconduct.
They know the legislative process is broken and want it fixed. Call it worse than it looks , worse than you think , or even the worst of the worst , the two groups want an end to insider dealing and the gridlock it produces. They also want effective federal oversight offices, starting with the Office of Government Ethics and Offices of Inspector General.
Fragmented party systems are usually considered to be a hurdle for reforms, or at least an important factor in shaping them. Excellent surveys are Rodrik and Tommasi and Velasco Read Now. View 5 excerpts, references background. Political models of macroeconomic policy and fiscal reform. The author explains how recent developments in political economics improve our understanding of macroeconomic policy - especially the timing, design, and likelihood of stabilization's success through … Expand.
After years of poor economic performance, many Latin American countries undertook ambitious programs of macroeconomic stabilization and structural reform in recent years. This change in policy … Expand. This paper addresses the adequacy of post-reform growth in Latin America in the s on the basis of international comparisons as well as historical and other relevant standards, analytically … Expand.
View 2 excerpts, references background. Where are we in the Political Economy of Reform. We review the experiences of developing countries with market-oriented reforms, using the tools of modern political economy. We impose intellectual discipline by requiring that actors behave … Expand. View 7 excerpts, references background. This paper focuses on the management of fiscal deficits and the public debt in the industrial democracies.
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