'The best approach to achieving change is to take the long view and to try to build incrementally.' JonathanLWai interviews the authors of the new book 'Gradual' on how best to change society.
Several successful policy reforms unfolded incrementally, such as Social Security.Seemingly small changes in a positive direction can add up over time if you take the long view. This matters for exercise andas it does for compounding interest. And yet, when it comes to expectations of policy change, we often expect, or at least hope for, a quick fix.
In our experience, most people working in government are trying the best they can. They are being asked to solve enormously complex problems – things like poverty andand homelessness and unequal educational outcomes. We have seen first-hand how difficult this work is. These are wicked problems that do not lend themselves to easy solutions.
For radical friends, we hope the book will explain a different way of looking at the world. And for readers who are already inclined to agree with us, we hope the book will encourage them to be more full-throated in their public support for incrementalism.In the book, we tell the stories of several successful policy reforms that unfolded incrementally, including some that might surprise you, like the development of Social Security.
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