11 March, 2012

It's Time to Clean House - Philip K. Howard - Politics - The Atlantic

It's Time to Clean House - Philip K. Howard - Politics - The Atlantic: America is mired in a tarpit of accumulated law. Reformers propose new laws to fix health care, schools, and the regulatory system, but almost never suggest cleaning out the legal swamp these institutions operate in. These complex legal tangles not only set goals but allocate resources and dictate the minutest details of how to meet those goals. Most are obsolete in whole or part.