General Government
System Reform: Getting More For Less (McClure 2011)
Transcript of remarks to the House bi-Partisan Redesign Caucus as given by Walter McClure.
The Pope, Poverty and Adam Smith (McClure 2015, unpublished paper)
Is government a maker or a taker... what would Adam say?
Equitable and Efficient: Building Social Markets that Work (Davies 1992)
As our society continues to expand its commitment to equality . . . extending entitlements and enlarging their financing . . . it becomes ever more important to be sure they are operated successfully. The social commitment is important, but not sufficient. The services and programs must also be effective and economical.
How to create a social market that works is the subject of this little booklet; Howard Davies' summary of his experience as controller of The Audit Commission in Britain. The Commission was created to add a value-for-money dimension to the financial audit of local governments in England and Wales.
Davies' central message — that these operating systems should be arranged to be "continually in search of efficiency gains and quality improvements" — sets one of the most important challenges for Minnesota and for other states as they design the systems for education, for housing, for child care, for transportation, for public welfare — and certainly for the medical/hospital system.
It can be viewed as a PDF ( here ).
