The Word About Rhode Island Is Out, All Over North America

As I was putting together the previous item on Beacon Mutual, I stumbled across a book titled The Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform: Ideas, Institutions, and Public Policy in North America by Edward Lascher. I'm not sure if its table of contents should make Rhode Islanders laugh or make us cry...

1. Introduction: Why We Should Care about the Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform
2. Explaining Policy Choices: Pressure versus Ideas
3. The Profiteering Story and the Pogo Story
4. Reform Enacted: Pennsylvania
5. Reform Stymied: Rhode Island
6. Different Reform Regimes: Ontario
7. The Parliamentary System Difference
8. Conclusion: Learning from Automobile Insurance Reform