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New World Notes - Lawrence Lessig: Our Corrupt Congress
This week on New World Notes: radio program #219, May 15, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst excerpts a talk by Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig.
Lessig brilliantly discusses the many ways that our Congress is corrupt. Some of his examples will surprise even cynical listeners.
His October 2011 lecture in Seattle--based on his book, Republic, Lost--combined an excellent discussion of the problem with a long-shot, pie-in-the-sky solution (a Constitutional Convention to establish campaign finance reform). Our condensed version of the talk focuses more on the problem than on Lessig's proposed solution.
Our selections from Lessig's talk are taken from the hour-long recording broadcast by "Mind Over Matters." Many thanks to that program and to producer Mike McCormick. The full recording is here: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/55388.