Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig brilliantly discusses the many ways that our Congress is corrupt. Some of his examples surprised even me. His October 2011 lecture in Seattle--based on his book "Republic, Lost"--combined an excellent discussion of the problem with (IMHO) a long-shot, pie-in-the-sky solution (a Constitutional Convention to establish campaign finance reform). Our condensed version of the talk focuses on the problem.
Our selections from Lessigs 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 .
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