Mike talks with Lawrence Lessig, the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Professor Lessig co-founded Creative Commons in 2001 and is the author of numerous books, including Republic, Lost: Version 2.0 which he and Mike talked about on the podcast a few years ago (here’s a link to that interview). In this episode, they discuss about his recent book America, Compromised.
Topics covered include:
why the Mafia isn’t corrupt, but Congress is
raising the cost of corrupting Congress
giving American citizens Democracy Vouchers
why we should pay members of Congress a lot more
good people in the bad institution of Congress
corruption in the financial industry
why no financial institution heads were prosecuted in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis
corruption in political media
and lots more!
Lawrence Lessig on Twitter
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