Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better (87 page)

National Labor Relations Board,
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23
National Performance Review,
197
,
386
National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
249
National Rifle Association,
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16
National Science Foundation,
215
national security,
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71
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77
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180
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182
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192
,
330
,
415
; debt and,
12
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415
National Security Agency,
192
,
325
Neuwirth, Robert,
253
New Deal,
15
,
288
,
410
New England Journal of Medicine
,
360
“New System” and “Old System,”
29
New York Times
,
5
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146
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166
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191
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196
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198
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208
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Newtown, Connecticut,
85
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166
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227
9/11,
2
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14
,
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98
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137
,
191
,
318
“nirvana fallacy,”
42
,
62
Nivola, Pietro,
84
Nixon, Richard,
35
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254
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
9
,
97

98
,
176
,
399
Norris, Floyd
208
Noveck, Beth,
382
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
214
“nudge,”
100
,
158
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387
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404
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See also
Sunstein, Cass
Oakland Project,
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35
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400
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Obama, Barack,
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46
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153
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353
; election of,
345
; No Child Left Behind,
176
; statement on business,
199
; tax expenditures,
172
Obamacare.
See
Affordable Care Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
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,
215
,
233
O’Connell, Anne Joseph,
71
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
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405
Office of Inspector General, department of defense,
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Office of Management and Budget,
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321
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407
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,
225
Olsen, Henry,
144
Olson, Mancur,
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,
136
,
139
,
397
;
The Logic of Collective Action
,
108
Olson, Nina,
294
O’Neill, Dave,
329
O’Neill, June,
329
“optimists” and “realists,”
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27
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network,
190
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
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,
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,
357
Ornstein, Norman,
381
Orszag, Peter,
20
Ostrom, Elinor,
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parliamentary system,
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partisanship,
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; gridlock from,
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party system,
5
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Patashnik, Eric,
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patent laws,
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180
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,
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patronage,
175
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310
Patterson, Orlando,
114
“pay as you go” (“paygo”),
398
Pell grants,
149
“Peltzman effect,”
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
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pension policy,
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Pension Protection Act of 2006,
100
Petri, Tom,
265
Pew Research Center,
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102
Pigouvian taxes,
388
Pildes, Richard,
345
,
348
Pitney, John J.,
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policy assessment: effectiveness,
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; efficiency:
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; failure,
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; functions of,
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; inefficiency,
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; look-back (or retrospective),
57
; “metallic laws” of,
21
; microeconomic effects of,
22
; success,
33
; “target efficiency,”
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54
,
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policy process,
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; administrative process,
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76
; blame acceptance,
6
; “boundary organizations,”
71
; costs of,
301
; delay by,
302
; effects on policy substance,
303
,
379
; executive agencies,
71
; functions,
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68
; independent agencies,
71
; judicial process,
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; lawyers’ use of,
303
; legislative process,
5
,
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,
70
; “offices of goodness,”
79
; opportunistic behavior in,
302
; presidency,
71
; rule-making,
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