For Your Reading List: Can Government Play Moneyball?

July 2, 2013

For Your Reading List: Can Government Play Moneyball?

It is extraordinarily motivating and gratifying to see two seasoned, senior administration officials—one Democrat and one Republican—take such a strong, well-articulated stance on what works as do Peter Orszag and John Bridgeland in their article in Atlantic Monthly, Can Government Play Moneyball?
By: Chris Lindquist
Those of us engaged in the "what works" movement implicitly understand the importance of the federal government—truly the social service "funder-in-chief" in the US—allocating its increasingly-scarce resources based on evidence of impact, rather than the more "expedient" criteria that have traditionally carried the day. Further, we know that maximizing the benefits and value that flow from public spending is a cause that should be compelling for policy-makers of all political and ideological stripes. Nevertheless, it is still extraordinarily motivating and gratifying to see two seasoned, senior administration officials—one Democrat and one Republican—take such a strong, well-articulated stance on this subject as do Peter Orszag and John Bridgeland in their article in Atlantic Monthly, "Can Government Play Moneyball?" Be sure to check it out. — Paul Carttar
Creative Commons License logo
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available in our Terms and Conditions.

Related Content