@OrinKerr@bluelaser2 I have tracked down experts with web searches, and then emailed with specific questions or reading suggestions. I usually get good responses.
For general learning in new fields, I find a well reviewed recent-ish secondary source (or Wikipedia) and work footnotes.
@SeanTrende@Izengabe_ Privatization can lead to losses, honest or schemed, leading to further govt expenses for bailouts like Savings and Loans 80s (Neil Bush), 2008 banks.
@DrCatharineY USAID cried wolf and claimed vast remit, presenting screwworm as equally important as social goals. It hid the baby of science in the bath water of non-consensus social science. That part is on USAID.
@pegobry_en Ratification, Pauline Maier. State by state. The faultlines over Federalism. Patrick Henry and others hated the Constitution. Excerpts of strong reflections and actions across the states, 1787-89.
@timurkuran Many vouchers schools require 4-5-figure top-ups, ruling out broad swathes of society. That is not to rule them out, but to recognize a big constraint.
@Scholars_Stage I have seen similar, in explicit refusal to consider bandaid geoengineering, because that would take eyes off CO2 emissions, the argument goes. (A response I got from a noted climate modeler.)
@yuanyi_z That and the methodology of unprejudiced research versus foregone conclusions and cherry-picked evidence, because the latter is shinier and easier. Exceptions will remain.
@timurkuran Current college faculty staffing can get it done.
I have taught at college and at high school (the result of a long parenting break).
College faculty do not know how easy they have it. (It would help to end most committee churning "community service.")