Day One Agenda
The Day One Agenda: Highlights
Laws already on the books give a president great discretionary power for constructive change—without abusing executive authority.
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The True Cost of Carbon
The Biden administration can show its seriousness in the fight against climate change by laying out the high cost of continuing to burn the planet. Read more
Victor Juhasz
Aggressively Address the Climate Crisis
Existing laws give the executive branch the power to transform the energy sector. Read more
Victor Juhasz
How Biden Can Close Guantanamo Once and for All
Obama’s failed attempt to shutter the facility left us with some instructive lessons. Read more
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How Biden Can End Trump’s Macabre Execution Spree
The president-elect opposes capital punishment. If he can’t persuade Congress to abolish it, he can still commute the sentences of the federal prisoners on death row. Read more
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Why Bolster the Regulatory Gatekeeper?
The coronavirus pandemic makes it more urgent to get the regulatory state right. An expanded OIRA assisting this effort is vital. Read more
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Force Drug Companies to Lower Prices
Presidents have two powerful sticks that could weaken the pharmaceutical industry’s power to rake in astronomical profits. Read more
Victor Juhasz
The Day One Agenda Polls Pretty Well
And where the polling is more mixed says a lot about where Democratic politics focuses its energies these days. Read more
Victor Juhasz
Joe Biden Is Unhappy About the Day One Agenda
But those are the breaks when you’re president; people will want you to exercise your power for the general good. Read more
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The Big Misstep in a Worthwhile OIRA 2.0 Proposal
The Tucker and Nayak paper fails to recognize cost-benefit analysis as a political weapon. Read more
