The Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School offers a sweeping indictment of contemporary American institutions and the corruption that besets them.
His focus is not on bad people doing bad things, but on how incentives across a range of institutions have created corruption, with deleterious consequences for the nation ... Lessig examines a range of ways to de-corrupt institutions. As with so many efforts, it is hard to find remedies that are realistic and practical. Still, some of Lessig’s ideas are not just pie in the sky.
Readers concerned about the integrity of the country's core institutions will be enlightened—and perhaps even inspired to take action—by this erudite analysis.
In this provocative analysis ... Lessig judiciously uses specifics to buttress his case ... This treatise is a conversation-starter, not a guide to solutions; readers interested in those will find a more detailed and action-oriented analysis in Steven Brill’s Tailspin.
