WTF, America? How the US Went Off the Rails and How to Get It Back on Track — Private Power
Why can citizens retain elections, political rights, and public debate while feeling that their preferences have little effect on policy?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using WTF, America? How the US Went Off the Rails and How to Get It Back on Track by John Atcheson as our lens, this investigation examines the institutions that operate between public preference and public policy.
Atcheson argues that the political disruption visible in 2016 was a symptom of longer changes in campaign finance, media ownership, economic concentration…
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