Saving Can-Do: How to Revive the Spirit of America by Philip K. Howard
America is over-regulated with nobody able to make decisions. This may prevent some bad things from happening. But it also makes it much more difficult to accomplish good things. It also leads to different types of bad things. Society is obsessed with "liability avoidance". Instead of being free to solve problems, people focus on adhering to regulations as they exist. Government jobs have become collectively bargained sinecures. In education, the teachers' union bargains for the benefit of the union. Highly regulated teaching plans work fine for tem, even if it harms the overall quality of teaching. Building things requires going through huge amounts of red tape and reviews. These processes often are used as means of rent seaking and stalling. Thus projects take much longer and cost much more than similar projects elsewhere in the world. The solutions to this problem of this bloat seems simple, but will be a huge challenge to implement.
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