What I'm reading: Safford; Eggers and O'Leary

Safford, Sean. 2009. Why the Garden Club Couldn't Save Youngstown: The Transformation of the Rust Belt. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

I just started reading this and I'll have something to say about it later. I suspect that Youngstown's story is similar to Muncie's in some ways. You can hear Safford present the thumbnail version of his research by listening to an episode of Smart City Radio.

Eggers, William D. and John O'Leary. 2009. If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government. Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press.

The idea behind this book may cause my libertarian friends' heads to explode. But Eggers and O'Leary make a good case that even libertarians should want government to be effective.