Politically homeless policies

Some policies are high‑quality on technical and economic grounds but get ignored because they clash with the core narratives and incentives of both major political coalitions. Examples include carbon pricing: it is cost‑effective and revenue‑generating but forces admission of tradeoffs that neither side wants to own. — Recognizing 'politically homeless' policies shifts the political question from technical correctness to coalition incentives, pointing to new strategies (messaging, institutional design, third‑party brokers) to advance useful but orphaned reforms.