Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessig

Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessig

In an era of ballooning corporate campaign expenditures, unleashed by the Supreme Court in Citizens United, trust in our government is at an all time low. More than ever before, Americans believe that money buys results in Congress - and that our Republic has been lost. Using examples that resonate as powerfully on the Right as on the Left, REPUBLIC, LOST not only makes clear how the economy of influence defeats the will of the people, but offers cogent strategies to correct our course - from a constitutional convention to a Regent Presidency. A onetime friend of Barack Obama, Lessig, a professor of law at Harvard, is as critical of the president and the Democratic Party as he is of Republicans. Both have allowed the core institution of our democracy to become little more than a shill for the most powerful moneyed interests in our Republic. America may be divided, argues Lessig, but we must recognize that corruption is our common enemy, and we must find a way to fight against it.

Praise for REPUBLIC, LOST

As an academic, Lessig has the research chops to find the anecdotes that best fit the narrative case he's making, and to lay them out in wonderful detailBut his real gift is in the art of stringing them together into a story. That means that this book is as persuasive as it is enjoyable to read. - Alesh Houdek - The Atlantic

REPUBLIC, LOST is a powerful reminder that this problem goes deeper than poor legislative tactics or bad character. As progressives contemplate how best to pick up the pieces after recent setbacks, a robust agenda to change how business gets done in the capital needs to be part of the picture. This time, we'd better mean it. - Matthew Yglesias - The American Prospect

Praise for Lawrence Lessig

"Lawrence Lessig gets things changed not for the benefit of corporations but to unleash the creative potential of ordinary people in a digital age."

- The Guardian

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EndFragment - The Washington Post

"A bright and spark-filed polemic... combining legal sophistication with a storyteller's knack."

- Wall Street Journal, on Free Culture

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Now the Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Prior to returning to Harvard, Lessig was a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School.

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ISBN 13	9780446576437
ISBN 10	0446576433
Title	Republic, Lost
Author	Lawrence Lessig
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown & Company
Year published	2011-10-05
Number of pages	384
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