Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It 9781609417376, 1609417372, 978-0-446-57643-7

" ... Takes a clear-eyed look at how we arrived at this crisis: how fundamentally good people, with good intentions

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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It
9781609417376, 1609417372, 978-0-446-57643-7

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Lawrence

Table of contents :
Content: Intro
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Preface
Introduction
PART I: THE FLAW
1. Tweedism
The Green Primary
2. Corrupt Because Unequal
Because Unequal
3. Consequences: Vetocracy
4. The Fix
Vouchers
Matching Funds
Would More Funders Make the Problems Worse?
But What Would All This Cost?
What These Changes Would Do for "Lobbying"
5. Distractions
6. What About "Free Speech"?
PART II: DEEPER
7. Why So Damn Much Money
Demand for Campaign Cash
Supply of Campaign Cash: Substance
Supply of Campaign Cash: New Norms
Supply of Campaign Cash: New Suppliers
Lobbyist. Economies, Gift and Otherwise8. What So Damn Much Money Does
The Deviations That Money Inspires
0. It Matters Not at All
1. Extortion
2. Distraction
3. Distortion
4. Trust
Okay, But Is Money the Real Root?
9. How So Damn Much Money Defeats the Left
10. How So Damn Much Money Defeats the Right
1. Making Government Small
2. Simple Taxes
3. Keeping Markets Efficient
11. How So [Damn Little] Money Makes Things Worse
The Ways We Pay Congress
The Benefits of Working for Members
12. Two Conceptions of "Corruption"
"Corruption"
"Dependence Corruption" Is "Corruption"
What Follows. PART III: UNCONVENTIONAL THOUGHTS13. A Proposing Convention
The Movement on the Left
The Movement on the Right
"A Convention"
The Risk in the "Runaway"
Safety Valve 1: Limits on the Convention
Safety Valve 2: The Courts
Safety Valve 3: The Safety Valve Itself
Leave the Lawyers, Return to Real Politics
Risks
One Way Forward
Fair Deals
14. Referendum Politicians
The Referendum President
Referendum Representatives
Conclusion
Afterword
Acclaim for Lawrence Lessig and ""Republic, Lost
Image Credits
Notes
Newsletters
Table of Contents
Copyright.

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