While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways. If this post was forwarded to you and you liked it, consider subscribing. It’s free. PolicyWTFs—A Hall of ShameA compilation of all the failed policies that have received not-so-honourable mentions in this thoughtletter
This is our policyWTF Long List. Over four years of writing this thought-letter, we have compiled nearly a hundred boondoggles. We ‘One Nation One X’ PolicyWTFsUnease of Doing Business PolicyWTFs
Tax and Public Finance PolicyWTFs
BanWTFTrade PolicyWTFsPrice and Quantity ControlWTFsPublic Administration WTFsSocial PolicyWTFs
Tech PolicyWTFsMiscellaneousWTFs
Wait, there’s more. We don’t just criticise everything governments do. We also acknowledge policies that make us better off. Here’s our list. Not(PolicyWTFs)—The Hall of Fame
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