Eugene Bardach is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked for the Policy Analysis Office of the United States Department of the Interior. He is the author of The Skill Factor in Politics and co-editor (with Robert A. Kagan) of Social Regulation, the latter work available from Transaction. Robert A. Kagan is professor of political science and law at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Society. His books include Regulatory Justice: Implementing a Wage-Price Freeze and Patterns of Port Development: Government, Intermodal Transportation, and Innovation in the United States, Hong Kong, and the People's Republic of China.