"Public Policy" Blogs & Blog Posts

There is a Reagan-era rule that new environmental regulations must be subjected to a cost-benefit analysis in order to be enacted; regulators must show that the regulation's benefit to the public outweighs its cost to businesses. But as you can gu...

If Newt Gingrich is a stupid person's idea of a smart person, Ben Shapiro is a sociopath's idea of a jackass. Here we see Ben complaining about free school lunches. They don't help address the issue of childhood hunger, he says. — Read the rest...

The Conversation, 12 January 2022: Australians are getting a stark reminder about how value is actually created in an economy, and how supply chains truly work. Ask chief executives where value comes from and they will credit their own smart decision...

The comments on CNN come days after Adams said he would accept his first few paychecks as New York City's mayor in bitcoin.

This article was written by David Eaves, lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, Tom Loosemore, Partner at Public Digital, with Tommaso Cariati and Blanka Soulava, students at the Harvard Kennedy School. It first appeared in Apolitical. Government di...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a formerly well-respected environmental activist who has, in recent years, begun making a variety of extremely dubious claims about vaccines, and working hard to influence public vaccine policy through both lobbying and lawsu...

 As an urban technologist, I’m often asked to give an example of a compelling smart city application that real people are using. But to be honest, there really isn’t too much to point to – yet. Cities may be getting smarter, bu...