Tom Benner

Vietnam’s lessons for Obama’s new team

By Tom Benner -

30 January

Last Thursday, I took a flight to Hanoi. An American tourist in Vietnam, I know, is a remarkably unremarkable thing, but for those of a certain age, the past poses questions for...

The problem with kicking the can down the road

By Tom Benner -

04 January

The United States fiscal cliff — an end-of-year deadline for automatic federal tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts, set by leaders frustrated by their own inability...

The things that work

By Tom Benner, -

22 November

I moved from Boston to Singapore a few weeks ago, and I can’t help but compare the two places. As someone who is interested in public policy and how it can enhance quality of...