Tag: Sustainable Communities Initiative

Collaboration’s Failing so it’s Back to Hypocrisy

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
It’s a sad day when you have to start rooting for liars and hypocrites. That thought occurred to me when I read the news of Congress’s likely axing of the budget for the Sustainable Communities Initiative. That’s the two-year-old program that attempted to pull together goals of three federal agencies -- the Department... Continue Reading
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Get Real or Get Rich: Lessons for an era of limited trust

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
It’s a great time to be really rich or really smart. It’s never hurt, of course, to be able to tap into big bucks or big brains. It’s just that penalties for having access to neither are rising dramatically. What got me to thinking in this direction was an exhaustive investigative report in last Sunday’s... Continue Reading
Category Public Policy
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