Some pink, a little red and a lot of Public Opinion.
William Lippmann had me agreeing with him until he said, “I argue that representative government, either in what is ordinarily called politics, or in industry, cannot be worked successfully, no matter what the basis of election, unless there is an independent, expert organization for making the unseen facts intelligible to those who have to make the decisions.”
Who chooses these experts? Who?
pickRead to understand how democracies fail, and the many threats to democracy in the USA. Key takeaways are: political norms hold democracies in place and as polarization increases, parties lose the ability to hold to political norms and democracies die; people need to form broad coalitions; and people make the decisions that kill or revived democracy.
4/5 compelling & informative. Aloy tried to eat this book. I think unions should be considered key
pickReaders who enjoyed this book might also enjoy David van Raybrouck's "Against Elections." And even though I enjoyed this book more, van Raybrouck offers solutions while Harsanyi does nothing but complain.
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Freedom vs License (continued)
