Author Philip K. Howard on 'The Rule of Nobody, Saving America From Dead Laws and Broken Government'
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In 1995, Philip K. Howard wrote "The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America," kicking off a national conversation about bureaucratic overreach and regulation. In this interview he discusses how his new book, "The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government," extends and elaborates his analysis. It isn't bureaucratic gridlock or partisan polarization that's keeping Washington in perpetual mismanagement, argues Howard, but a fog of rules and regulations that have made it nearly impossible to figure out who is responsible. Until civil servants can use common sense and practical judgment, he says, the government won't gain the flexibility needed for solving today's problems.
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46 min 54 sec
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- Constitutional law (89)
- Democracy (126)
- Representative government and representation (8)
- Law reform (2)
- Journalism (185)
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