This book is a guide for governing in an exceptionally complicated moment for America. That moment is defined by not only the difficulties of confronting a global pandemic and its aftermath but also a range of long-standing predicaments that have tended to complicate each other.  The thicket of our governing challenges is now so dense that the definition and prioritization of problems has become difficult, and our leaders clearly need some help.

Why $2,000 relief checks? Why not $20,000 relief checks? Why not $200,000? Why not $2 million?

The tug of war between President-elect Joe Biden and the left wing of the Democratic Party is shifting onto policy grounds now that nominees have been selected for key positions in the new administration.