As Luck Would Have It
Why the U.S. and Europe have such different social spending policies.
Government - Articles
Innovative public sector policies and programs (more)
Podcast
California’s Stem Cell Initiative - A Bridging the Gap Panel
In the 2004 general election, California voters approved Proposition 71 by a vote of 59 percent. The initiative established a $3 billion bond measure to create the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and fund stem cell research in the state of California. In this panel discussion, Prop 71 key players address the entrepreneurial challenges they have faced while pushing for a controversial, dramatic policy change.
A Failure of Philanthropy
From the archives: American charity shortchanges the poor, and public policy is partly to blame.
One for Deregulation
Why states' nonprofit regulation rules may not be just unnecessary, but also unwise.
All Fired Up
How an insurance company helps its workers support their local fire departments.
New Approaches to Funding or to Programs?
How can nonprofits adjust to new tax cuts that threaten to reduce their revenue by billions?
Imagining a Democracy
In Morocco, there are 33,000 NGOs, many of which are engaged in a massive struggle to bring a civil society to life.
Review: Bootstrap Dreams
The emergence of microenterprise development programs, internationally and in the United States.
Review: Strong Medicine
The strategic use of vaccines may be the key to spreading infectious diseases in the developing world.
War of Ideas
Why mainstream and liberal foundations and the think tanks they support are losing in the war of ideas in American politics.