This volume demonstrates how government at every level can engage the private sector to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems and achieve public goals more effectively.

It is not in any industry"s interests to share information that will lead to costly regulations.So how do government regulators secure needed information from industry?

Who should be first in line for kidney transplants—the relatively healthy or the severely ill? Should chronic troublemakers be allowed to remain in public housing? Should perpetually disruptive students stay in classes where they can prevent other children from learning? In their new book, Targeting in Social Programs: Avoiding Bad...

Policymakers at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue want to get the American economy growing again. Growth can lower unemployment, and it can yield the revenues needed to fill federal coffers. The key to robust economic growth is innovation. So how do we get it?

How much are medical costs rising because of increased prices?

Shifting the tax burden to older workers would allow the young to save more, invest more, pay down debts, and put the United States on a firmer fiscal footing.