Around the World in 80 Ideas Site Map Home Page Introduction Deregulation Calling all investors: Radio spectrum and broadcast deregulation Economia sommersa: Italy's unregulated small artisan sector Free drinks! The merits of alcohol licensing reform Set the people free: Deregulation and licensing reform New! Improved! Better market information through advertising Wirtshaftswunder: Germany's post war economic miracle Let the sun rise: Financial market liberalization in Japan Economic Policy Free markets: Germany's capital-market reforms Fair Tax Competition! The role of tax havens in keeping taxes low Every worker an owner: Share incentive plans for employees Celebrate: you're tax free! Showing the real size of the tax burden Level pegging: Stabilizing value through currency boards One law for all: The flat tax proposal Combine and cut: The role of taxpayers' associations Soak the rich: cut taxes! Lower rates extract more taxes more fairly Cash controls: A monetary constitution Small but free: Estonia's economic reforms Environment Functions for follies: Private ways of preserving the heritage Stream of improvements: Private fishing rivers and fishing rights The right stuff: User rights and water conservation Sell your sludge: Tradable pollution permits Streets ahead: Private neighbourhood management Farming for profit: Rolling back agricultural protectionism Not just for the birds: How private groups can help conservation BID to improve: Business cleans up the inner cities Out of the woods: Sale and leasing of state forests Saved by shooting: How private game parks protect wildlife The incentive to grow: Family responsibility in agricultural land use Health & Education Start your own school! Liberalizing the supply of education Saving your health: The potential of medical savings accounts Market medicine: Internal markets in health Degrees of commerce: Exploiting inventions to fund education That'll do nicely: Empowering parents through vouchers Sum success: Origins of the world's biggest education company Charter to teach: Choice in state-funded education Schools in chains: Non-state education franchises The invisible voucher: Internal markets in state education Privatization Hot cocoa: Agriculture reform through commercialization Prime property: Private management of government estate Love me tender: Alternatives to fixed-price privatization offers Freely employed: Privatization by employee buyout Seize the initiative! Private finance in public infrastructure Golden goal: Protecting vital interests at privatization Mass market: Spreading ownership through vouchers Own your own bank: Privatization stocks for poorer people Public Administration Into the sunset: Time limits on government agencies Zero tolerance: Cutting crime by fixing the broken windows Ideas welcome: Ask the public how to improve public services Closing the GAAP: Capital budgeting for governments The next steps: Agencification of department functions Citizen's charter: Consumer rights for public-services users End of term: Limits on tenure of elected office Judgement day: Alternative dispute resolution Public Services Success on the shelf: Contract management of public libraries Liberating the letter: Privatization of postal services Opening up the shop: The lessons of trade union reform Competing for convicts: Private prison provision and management Cutting back city hall: Local service contracting Liberal arts: Sponsorship without the state Voluntary valour: Independent provision of lifeboats Private rescue services: Probably the best rescue service in the world? Transport Charging forward: Traffic congestion pricing in cities City slicker: Shared taxis and buses Private space: Commercialisation of air traffic control Out of the dock: Passing sentence on poor port performance Just the ticket! Long-distance and city bus de-regulation Freedom of the skies: The benefits of airline deregulation Track to success: Privatizing rail transport Plane commonsense: Commercialization of state airports Utility Reform Competition by proxy: The regulation of privatized utilities Pooling power: Trading systems for competitive utilities Light work: Private power generation Mining the market: Job-creation to solve structural unemployment Competition for power: Competition for investment in utility projects Main incentives: Contract management of water systems Welfare & Pensions Save yourself! Personal accounts for pension savings On, Wisconsin! Innovative welfare reforms Partnerships for age: Financing long-term care Pensions for the people: Contracting-out of state retirement benefits Mind the children: Innovation in child welfare services