New Report: How to Build a Regulatory System for a More Just and Equitable America
Center for Progressive Reform 2019-09-26
Summary:
Last week's televised climate town hall saw several Democratic presidential candidates outline an impressive array of policies that, if implemented effectively, offer some measure of hope for averting the worst consequences of the climate crisis for us and future generations. The operative concept there -- lurking in the background and too often taken for granted -- is effective implementation. The fact of the matter is that meeting our country's greatest challenges -- climate change, economic inequality, systemic racism, access to quality health care -- will require effective implementation, and that in turn will require a more robust, modernized, and inclusive regulatory system than we currently have.