Michael Yarbrough
Greg GreeneThe solution for so many of the malaises evident in U.S. governing institutions is to rebuild the state — to rebuild the public sector’s capacity to _directly_ do things, without private concessionaires and intermediaries. (h/t @mimsical) https://slate.com/business/2023/02/subway-costs-us-europe-public-transit-funds.html
See also @waldoj's thoughts here:
“You can’t tell … a governor [to take direct control of a failed vendor-built software system] … because what you’re saying to that governor is ‘what if, instead of making a single decision, we replaced this with a large amount of time-consuming work and a series of decisions over the course of months or years?’ It’s completely contrary to the entire process used to operate governors’ offices.” https://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2023/02/governors-double-down/