Government by Deal: What Happens When Everything Becomes Negotiable? (#291)

The government feels louder and faster than ever: executive actions, constant disruption, everything happening at once.

But Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute argues that all this motion may be masking something deeper. He explains why durable change comes from laws passed by Congress - not one-off deals- and why the shift from rule-making to deal-making could shape the future in unexpected ways.