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Overview

In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven by shifts in campaign-finance rules and brought to new levels by the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission-trust in our government has reached an all-time low. More than ever before, Americans believe that money buys results in Congress, and that business interests wield control over our legislature.

With heartfelt urgency and a keen desire for righting wrongs, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig 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. He plumbs the issues of campaign financing and corporate lobbying, revealing the human faces and follies that have allowed corruption to take such a foothold in our system. He puts the issues in terms that nonwonks can understand, using real-world analogies and real human stories. And ultimately he calls for widespread mobilization and a new Constitutional Convention, presenting achievable solutions for regaining control of our corrupted-but redeemable-representational system. In this way, Lessig plots a roadmap for returning our republic to its intended greatness.

While America may be divided, Lessig vividly champions the idea that we can succeed if we accept that corruption is our common enemy and that we must find a way to fight against it. In REPUBLIC, LOST, he not only makes this need palpable and clear-he gives us the practical and intellectual tools to do something about it.

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    Republic, Lost

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  • ISBN-13: 9780446576437
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  • Publication date: 10/5/2011
  • Pages: 400
  • Sales rank: 11,975
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Lawrence Lessig is the director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Previously, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School (where he founded Stanford's Center for Internet and Society) and the University of Chicago Law School. Lessig clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lessig is the author of five books on the law and technology, including Remix, Code 2.0, Free Culture, The Future of Ideas, and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, and has served as lead counsel in a number of important cases marking the boundaries of copyright law in a digital age, including Eldred v. Ashcroft and Golan v. Holder.

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  • Posted November 3, 2011

    A must-read for anyone concerned about the problems facing America

    This is a must-read for anyone, conservative or liberal, concerned about the problems facing America. The author starts by showing that many of the issues we face today such as lack of free and efficient markets, lack of successful schools, and the financial crisis of 2008 can be traced to campaign contributions from special interest groups. The corrupting influence of this money is the core problem because it blocks effective action on these other problems. There are more subtle effects as well: Besides Congressional action (or inaction) going against the will and interests of the general public, Congress people spend too much time fund raising and not enough time studying the issues and focusing on priorities. All that leads to public mistrust, which leads to a lack of participation in our democracy.

    Although the author is a self-described former Reagan-ite who is now a liberal/libertarian, several chapters are devoted to showing that large Congressional contributions defeat the agendas of both conservatives and liberals. For example, conservative Congress people vote against free markets when it benefits their contributors. Liberal Congress people vote against needed reform when it benefits their contributors. The book is not a diatribe against Congress people. The author believes that most go in with good intentions, but get quickly caught up in the system and are soon focused on the interests of their large contributors.

    The book ends with four strategies to end the corruption.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 27, 2011

    Excellent

    Fact based and very good read.

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  • Posted February 6, 2012

    Should be required reading...

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    "Listening to Republic: How Money Corrupts Congress-and a Plan to Stop It" by Lawrence Lessig reminded me of the importance of staying informed, staying pro-active, and getting involved. This is our nation and yet we as citizens have become lazy, contrite and apathetic. When a person runs for congress they tout their best intentions. They will cut the budget, they will make a difference, and they will be different from the other members of congress or candidates. Once elected they are seduced by money, power and prestige. What congress and all elected officials have forgotten is that they are responsible to us the citizens of this wonderful country. The citizens are not here to serve and fund the congress. It is time every citizen stands up and lets their voice be heard. Our government is filled with dishonesty, greed, and immorality. Do we elect and pay them so that they can sell their votes to the highest bidder? Is it too late? No Lessig offers several options we should consider. He offers suggestions that each of us, no matter who we are, can do to make changes. We do not have to be satisfied. We do not have to be disheartened. We can take back our country.

    Lessig explains in laymen terms what is happening in our government. I commend the author for educating us. This book is well-organized and well-written. Lessig does not write this to discourage or to negate but to wake us up. This book is not a difficult read. This book should be required reading in both high school and college classes.

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  • Posted February 4, 2012

    Read this book NOW!!

    If you want a fast, in-your-face understanding, macro view of just how Un-level the playing field is, begin reading this book now. This man is giving us a lifetime of study and analysis.

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  • Posted January 26, 2012

    Highly Recommended

    This is a very well-researched and written book. I have learned much about the way our Congress works and the history of its decline into a rubber stamp for special interests. Everyone should read this...only an informed electorate can change this and return the Congress to what it should be, a representative body.

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    Posted January 1, 2012

    Novel approaches to the root problem

    Very well researched and well written. One of the best books to address our political system in recent memory.

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