text:  Jennifer Palka's new book, Recoding America, says the biggest issue is how little policymakers care about implementation. The most powerful parts of government are policymaking institutions. And they see implementation as a sort of detail that less important people should deal with. And until we change that, we're going to continue to have problems getting the outcomes we want. I'm Meghna Chakrabarty. Today on Point, how government culture gets in the way of better outcomes. Stay with us.