Placing Our Order: America’s Next Farm Bill
Thinking through the farm bill more carefully.
Articles By: Arjun Mody 
Welfare in a Recession
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) is perhaps the defining bipartisan moment of the Clinton Administration. President Clinton promised it would “end welfare as we know it,” and he touted its success ten years later, declaring that it created “a new beginning for millions of Americans.” Not since FDR’s New Deal or Johnson’s Great Society ... Read More
The Social Security Taboo
First called the “third rail” of American politics by Speaker of the House Tip O’Neil in 1981, Social Security remains one of the most divisive programs in our budget. Add the fact that it is the single largest expenditure by the federal government, and its sheer size prevents Washington from reaching reform or compromise year after year. In fact, the ... Read More
What Government IT Should (and shouldn’t) Learn from the Silicon Valley
Arjun Moody explains the ins and outs (and importance) of working on the IT side for the Executive Office of the President.
