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…
- Introduction: Why We Should Care about the Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform
- Explaining Policy Choices: Pressure versus Ideas
- The Profiteering Story and the Pogo Story
- Reform Enacted: Pennsylvania
- Reform Stymied: Rhode Island
- Different Reform Regimes: Ontario
- The Parliamentary System Difference
- Conclusion: Learning from Automobile Insurance Reform