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America, Compromised

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

America, Compromised

By Lawrence Lessig

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About the book

"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 contemporary American institutions and the corruption that besets them. We can all see it-from the selling of Congress to special interests to the corporate capture of the academy. Something is wrong. It's getting worse.And it's our fault. What Lessig shows, brilliantly and persuasively, is that we can't blame the problems of contemporary American life...Show more

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9780226316536

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The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2018

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1

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America, Compromised

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Hardcover

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