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Clive Crook
Want a Better IRS? Simplify the Tax Code
The biggest problem facing the IRS isn’t bad management or lack of resources, but the metastasizing complexity of the tax rules it must administer.
Jonathan Bernstein
Look! It’s a Sign Democracy Isn't Totally Broken
A surprisingly normal result: President Biden’s poll numbers stopped dropping when the economy and Covid-19 improved.
Faye Flam
The CDC Needs to Admit Its Covid Mistakes
The first step for reform is to be transparent about what the public health agency got wrong during the pandemic.
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