Extremes of centralization and decentralization can both pose problems and so a coordinated middle ground may work best Even with the covid-19 pandemic still raging, speculation has turned to what society will look like afterward.
Citizens, shocked by how easily their lives can be upended, will want to reduce risk. According to the emerging new consensus, they will favour more government intervention to stimulate demand (by pumping trillions of dollars into the economy), protect workers, expand health care, and, of course, tackle climate change.
But every country has many layers of government, so which one should expand? Clearly, in the US, only the federal government has the resources and mandate for nationwide decisions on issues such as