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The Taubman Center for State and Local Government and its affiliated institutes and programs are the Kennedy School of Government 's focal point for activities that address state and local governance and intergovernmental relations . The Center focuses on several broad policy areas , most notably : public management , innovation , finance , and labor-management relations ; urban development , transportation , land use , and environmental protection ; education ; civic engagement and social capital ; and the impacts of information technologies on both government and governance . Government could do a lot more in regulating the industry as well . Glaeser : As a result of American racial heterogeneity and as a result of the stability of American institutions , America is far less generous in welfare spending than other developed countries . One point that I ’ d like to add is that the nursing home industry in our country is a profit-making business . Such a long-term , resumed " trusteeship " is required to return Somalia to good governance . After 15 years of state deterioration and the absence of much governance , plus a brief period of brusque control by the Islamic Courts Union , Somalia desperately needs a period of tutelage under UN auspices . I think the more accurate view is that these cleavages provide an opportunity for political entrepreneurs to vilify the recipients of welfare . Glaeser ’ s new book , “ A World of Difference , ” co-authored with Albert Alesina , examines the oft-noted disparity between poverty reduction efforts and social welfare systems in the United States and Europe . The US cannot leave Iraq precipitously , but neither can it solve the problem on its own . If the United States cannot achieve even minimal success in Iraq - - a stable , peaceful and united country - - Saddam 's last hurrah will be in the ensuing regional chaos . Erzo Luttmer ’ s work here at the Kennedy School shows that people who live around poor people of different races are much less sympathetic towards welfare whereas people who live around poor people of the same race as themselves are much more sympathetic towards welfare . The reluctance that these veterans-turned-politicians drew from the war was that Iran ' s independence and territorial integrity cannot rest on international legal compacts or , for that matter , international opinion . Holding within my teeth the instrument thus obtained , I now proceeded to untie the knot of my cravat . The war , as it is being fought today , cannot be won even under the Bush-McCain option - - a surge of many more troops . That city cannot easily be sliced into three sections .