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The New Federalism

January 10, 1997

Stauffer Auditorium Herbert Hoover Memorial Building Stanford University

This question gets at the core of the issue of the efficacy of more federalism. Proponents argue it will improve public policy; opponents that it will gut policies, such as welfare, or cripple national regulation. This symposium addressed these concerns by surveying the current state of knowledge and evidence about these claims. Other scholars who participated in the project include