It could be maintained that federalism gets in the way of solving problems that are simply too important to go unsolved. In short, the argument is that federalism impedes progress on important issues. State to state differences should not be tolerated, he argues, where important needs are involved. “Resources and die-hard beliefs in the role of local government vary too much from state to state” for us to trust State government to deal satisfactorily with grave problems. I suspect this view is widely held today.
The full essay is at "Debating Federalism."
For more on this topic, see: Two Federal Empires and American and European Federalism
For more on this topic, see: Two Federal Empires and American and European Federalism