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Matt Grossmann on How Policy Change Happens
Published 6 years, 10 months ago
Description
Mike talks with political scientist Matt Grossmann, Director of Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, about his book Artists of the Possible: Governing Networks and American Policy Change Since 1945.
Topics Mike & Matt discuss include:
- how much of a role the public has in policy change
- the flaws in our standard notions of how policy change happens
- how Matt examined every major policy change from 1945 - 2004
- why policy favors the status quo - and liberal interests
- President Trump as a policymaker
- and lots more
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