But if enlargement has been the EU's most successful foreign-policy tool, the attempt to promote reform in borderland countries with little hope of joining has largely been a failure.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

No other reform would do so much to promote equality of wealth among the American people.

FORBES: Newt Gingrich's Entitlement Reform Plan

These include a radical shake-up of labour laws, reform of the public sector, and a drive to promote competition and reduce the tariffs charged by the privatised utilities, seen by Alliance economists as a big drag on business.

ECONOMIST: Argentina’s Mr Boring plods to victory by default | The

Working outside the Senate, Snowe plans to press for a number of changes to promote civility and compromise: filibuster reform, an open amendment process, elimination of secret "holds" on legislation, authorization of two-year budgets and an end to so-called Leadership PACs, among others.

NPR: Snowe Presses For Bipartisanship In New Book

Extending low-deductible insurance (a central principle of all the health reform bills) will lead to higher premiums, especially without portability to promote competition.

FORBES: Commentary

Bill Shipman, chairman of CarriageOaks Partners and cochairman of the Cato Project on Social Security Choice and who also helps the Heritage Foundation and others promote reform, has done extensive work demonstrating that such a system can becreated with extremely low administrative costs.

FORBES: Fact and Comment