Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
Government shutdowns are costly and unpopular with the public. Why, then, haven’t legislators adopted any of the proposals to prevent future shutdowns? As it turns out, these proposals would take appropriation powers away from the legislative branch and make it even harder to reach consensus. The 2018-19 government shutdown was a disaster. It suspended critical […]
Inequality and government repression in India led to the establishment of the Maoist Naxalite insurgency in the 1960s. Today, the insurgency is weakened, but political parties such as the CPI(M) have taken up their goals. India’s national government remains committed to fighting the insurgency through development programs, but it has yet to retake the “red […]