Archive - Statecraft

How to Run a $5 Trillion Payment System

David Lebryk on DOGE, fraud, and fixing government payments

Apr 23 •

51:41

How to Fix Risk Assessment in Child Welfare

"If we took an index card and wrote down everything we know works well, we'd have a lot of white space left"

Apr 17 •

58:37

How to Fix a Department's Funding Tools

"This should be a tool in our toolbox — it currently does not exist"

Apr 10 •

1:00:24

How to Fix Crime in New York City

“August 1994 is where you see crime drop off a cliff”

Apr 3 •

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56:32

March 2025

Highlights From the Comments on "50 Thoughts on DOGE"

Reader responses.

Mar 21 •

50 Thoughts on DOGE

As concisely as possible.

Mar 6 •

27:21

February 2025

How to Run a Private Military Company

"I disappeared into a black site in Mali for two days"

Feb 28 •

53:06

There Are Too Many Judicial Injunctions

Why have they proliferated in the 21st century?

Feb 19 •

33:14

Three Principles for Running a White House Office

Tom Kalil and his famous whiteboard.

Feb 13 •

How to Beat Megafires

And why we don't do it.

Feb 7 •

58:23

January 2025

Why the Two Parties Operate Differently

"There's no such thing as a permanent social movement."

Jan 29 •

28:52

How to Budget for the SEC

"It was a complete and total process foul"

Jan 23 •

40:08

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