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Authors: Peter Schuck
Glazer, Amihai,
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Glendon, Mary Ann,
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5
Goldman Sachs,
220
,
393
Gore, Al,
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,
386
Government Accountability Office,
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,
168
,
191
,
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,
225
,
233
,
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,
264
,
354
,
381
government intervention, evolution of.
See
“New System” and “Old System”
;
size of government
Government Performance and Results Act,
170
government shutdown,
4
government-sponsored enterprises,
80
,
151
.
See also
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
;
Sallie Mae
Grand Canyon,
280
Greeley, Horace,
332
gun control,
85
,
165
–
66
Haidt, Jonathan,
159
Hart-Cellar Act of 1965,
181
,
350
.
See also
Immigration Act of 1965
Haskins, Ron,
356
Hatch Act,
106
Hayek, Friedrich,
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68
,
171
Head Start,
60
,
170
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71
,
264
,
361
.
See also
education
health care,
205
,
391
; spending on,
17
.
See also
Medicaid
;
Medicare
Heckman, James,
170
,
265
Heclo, Hugh,
316
–
17
Heritage Foundation,
23
heuristics and biases,
157
,
159
,
168
Higher Education Act of 1965,
260
Highway Trust Fund,
342
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43
Homestead Act of 1862,
331
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35
,
363
Housing Commission of the Bipartisan Policy Center,
384
Howard, Philip,
77
,
405
Hoxby, Caroline,
395
Human Genome Project,
362
Hurricane Sandy,
140
,
383
; legislation,
143
; losses,
144
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996,
298
immigration,
1
,
114
,
122
,
181
,
195
,
243
,
294
,
350
–
53
; legal immigration,
351
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52
; illegal immigration
352
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53
Immigration Act of 1965,
328
,
350
–
53
,
365
.
See also
Hart Cellar Act
impacted aid program,
180
implementation,
33
,
229
–
76
,
400
–
402
Improper Payments Information Act of 2002,
193
incentives,
127
,
128
–
154
,
382
–
89
incredibility of policy,
182
–
90
; “primary ignorance” of,
182
.
See also
credibility of policy
“Incrementalism,”
34
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35
Individual Retirement Accounts,
258
individual rights,
102
–
10
; “rights talk,”
104
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5
inequality, social and economic,
11
,
27
,
31
,
92
,
107
,
110
–
13
,
164
,
340
,
356
,
375
inflexibility of policy,
32
,
172
–
82
; antifragibility,
172
information,
127
,
161
–
72
,
391
–
96
; externalities of,
22
; inequalities of,
23
infrastructure,
11
,
219
,
230
,
247
,
305
,
331
,
343
,
364
,
387
insurance programs,
81
intellectual property,
161
,
361
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62
,
394
–
95
,
397
interest groups,
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8
,
16
,
24
,
50
,
69
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75
,
87
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92
105
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10
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120
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122
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130
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39
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156
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172
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17
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32
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4
,
325
,
377
,
382
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84
,
397
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99
; pluralism of,
105
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10
Internal Revenue Code,
176
,
283
Internal Revenue Service,
226
,
253
,
294
,
343
,
354
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887,
241
Interstate Highway System,
328
,
341
–
43
; Good Roads Movement,
342
; National Road,
342
; New Deal and,
342
“invisible victims,”
55
irrationality of policy,
154
–
60
,
389
–
91
; “primary ignorance” and,
182
Jackson, Robert H.,
296
Jaffee, Dwight,
141
,
202
,
384
–
85
Johnson, Lyndon,
173
,
385
Johnson, Samuel,
297
Jolls, Christine,
100
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101
,
256
–
57
Jones Act of 1920.
See
Merchant Marine Act of 1920
judges.
See
courts
Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012,
214
Kagan, Robert,
104
,
314
Kahan, Dan,
158
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59
Kahn, Alfred,
133
,
355
Kahneman, Daniel,
157
,
158
Kant, Immanuel,
26
,
280
Katznelson, Ira,
340
Kelman, Steve,
16
,
25
,
44
,
129
,
164
,
196
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97
Kennedy School of Government,
320