Republic, Lost : How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It (Hardcover)

from billtaiwan

Very thought provoking and insightful look at the role and influence of money in politics, but even further, in our entire political and economic system. The author also has suggestions on handling and solving this problem, but admits that it would be difficult and almost impossible to implement ...

from thebradking

Larry Lessig is one of the best thinkers of our time, and this is another great book that explains the world we live in. His take on "corruption," and how our elections have been altered by private money is a cogent argument for why we think all of our politicians are untrustworthy.

from D.C.Alexander

Professor Lessig does an excellent job of rendering the seemingly overwhelming, obscure, and shapeless concept of "what's wrong with the federal government" down into a singular and simple truth using examples and terminology we can all understand. It is loaded with facts and is as non-partisan a...

from bke

If you care about the future of this country, you need to read this book. It doesn't matter if you are Independent, Democrat or Republican

from malrubius

Audiobook. Morally pretentious and condescending. Extremely slow developing. Basically the first half can be summed up in one sentence: Even if the system of congressional campaign funding does not corrupt congress, the mere appearance of corruption that it presents is bad enough to cause the lar...