Richard Nixon in the Oval Office in 1972. He believed in a federal government whose job was to provide financial help to states and localities — and then to get out of the way. (Richard Nixon ...
My recent book Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus argues for what political scientist Lisa Miller, in her review in these pages, dubs “aspirational federalism.” I like and will embrace this label.
The 16th Finance Commission argues that devolution can no longer realistically draw upon state finance commission reports as ...