America, Compromised

An analysis of “the Trump era, but not about Trump. . . . but on how incentives across a range of institutions have created corruption” ( New York Times Book Review ). “There is not a single American awake to the world who is comfortable with the way things are.” So begins Lawrence Lessig's sweeping indictment of modern-day American institutions and the corruption that besets them—from the selling of Congress to special interests to the corporate capture of the academy. And it’s o