Ebook: Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It
Author: Lessig Lawrence
- Tags: United States, Congress, Ethics, Lobbying, Corrupt practices, United States, Political corruption, United States, United States, Politics and government, United States, Congress, Ethics, Lobbying, Corrupt practices, Political corruption, Politics and government, United States
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- City: Boston,
- Language: English
- epub
" ... Takes a clear-eyed look at how we arrived at this crisis: how fundamentally good people, with good intentions, have allowed our democracy to be co-opted by outside interests, and how this exploitation has become entrenched in the system. Rejecting simple labels and reductive logic-and instead using examples that resonate as powerfully on the Right as on the Left, Lessig seeks out the root causes of our Read more...
Abstract: " ... Takes a clear-eyed look at how we arrived at this crisis: how fundamentally good people, with good intentions, have allowed our democracy to be co-opted by outside interests, and how this exploitation has become entrenched in the system. Rejecting simple labels and reductive logic-and instead using examples that resonate as powerfully on the Right as on the Left, Lessig seeks out the root causes of our situation"--Publisher description