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What Can the Brits Teach Us About State Capacity?

Author
Santi Ruiz, Jennifer Pahlka, and Andrew Greenway
Published
Fri 20 Dec 2024
Episode Link
https://www.statecraft.pub/p/what-can-the-brits-teach-us-about

Today, we talk to Jennifer Pahlka and Andrew Greenway about their new paper on state capacity. It’s called “The How We Need Now: A Capacity Agenda for 2025 and Beyond.”

We discuss:

What is “state capacity?”

Why is there fresh interest in the topic in the UK?

How did the model of a “government digital service” spread to the US?

How do you fix unemployment insurance?



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