Stories by guardianbob

State/Local Budgets and Bureaucratic Rules Make Good Government Impossible

UK considering wider roll out of naval laser weapons

What Is State Capacity? Does China Have It? Does America Lack It?

Research Showing Local Governments Can Boost Birth Rates in Japan

Why are mothers in the developed world are having less kids?

Why The Pentagon run the best schools and the safest nuclear program

How to Build a Better Suburb: Lessons from Disney, Houten, Japan, and Carmel

Why energy shocks permanently lower fertility rates and total maternal rates

Stop Fighting Housing Development vs. Flood Control: Houston vs. Jersey City

Detroit and Baltimore Built Local State Capacity to Bring Crime to New Lows

Mid-sized cities outperform major metros at turning economic growth into patents

Institute for Family Studies: Cash for Kids Works

Love Letters, Governance, Business, and (Seriously) Ignore Me

Train Local YIMBY (and Others) Groups in Process Improvement

Miyazaki's Right: Local Governments Boost Birthrates by Investing in Families

American Singapore(s): 60 Cities (& Growing) with Success Stories to Inventory

South Korea: Housing and Education Drown Out Economic Effect on Birth Rate

Study: Automation's Ripple Effects on Careers and Voting Patterns

Munich, Germany: Housing Supply (Un)Responsiveness and Urban Planning

Singapore's Baby Bust: Record low births in 2023 deepen demographic crisis