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The Politics Industry

How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

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The Politics Industry

By: Katherine M. Gehl, Michael E. Porter
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
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Most people believe that our political system is a public institution with high-minded principles and impartial rules derived from the Constitution. In reality, it has become a private industry dominated by a textbook duopoly - the Democrats and the Republicans - and plagued and perverted by unhealthy competition between the players. Tragically, it has therefore become incapable of delivering solutions to America's key economic and social challenges. In fact, there's virtually no connection between our political leaders solving problems and getting reelected.

In The Politics Industry, Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter take a radical new approach. They ingeniously apply the tools of business analysis - and Porter's distinctive Five Forces framework - to show how the political system functions just as every other competitive industry does, and how the duopoly has led to the devastating outcomes we see today.

Using this competition lens, Gehl and Porter identify the most powerful lever for change - a strategy comprised of a clear set of choices in two key areas: how our elections work and how we make our laws. Their bracing assessment and practical recommendations cut through the endless debate about various proposed fixes, such as term limits and campaign finance reform. The result: true political innovation.

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I found the book fascinating and the wisdom undeniable. We're on the fast train to nowhere, at least this looks better.

Top Notch

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if you feel, like most Americans, that
something needs to change in our political system, you absolutely must read this book regardless of party affiliation. the authors do an outstanding job if it luminating problems we face and detailing a realistic and achievable solution.

compelling, convincing, fantastic!

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Our legislators have captured our country and we don't realize it, or care. This book gives us a plausible fix, one that brings the democracy back to our republic. A fix that can be achieved. One that will free us of the "monarchy" that congress leaders have built for themselves.

I am so sad that our country has fallen so far that we have party line divisions that make neighbors view each other as the enemy. So sad that the opposition isn't only the parties but the citizens that are happy to revel in their hate for each other.

It is going to be a hard fight, but we have a plan now. Let's get on board and change the future of our country; the future of our world depends on it.

I have never been so sad and excited

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This should be required reading for all regardless of party. Fix the root of the problem, and solutions will flourish!

Required reading.

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Must read if you love America and want her survive these divisive times and prosper long into the future

Masterpiece

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Top 5 primaries and ranked choice voting. Those are the big ideas here and I strongly agree that we should do them. It's going to be hard because both parties hate it. But if we want our countries to actually work, we should make these changes as fast as we possibly can.

We Should Do This

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An absolute must read for anyone & everyone desperate for a change to the busted corporate controlled political system that is America. There's no better time than now.

The time is NOW!

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The history of our nations growth and adaptation explained. Why WTP must become involved in local, county, district, State and Federal voting opportunities in order to bring our bills to the halls of Congress directly. George Washington understood the threat to democracy, predicting the consolidation around a single ideal, organization or person would eliminate the. fullness of WTP Freedoms. As you listen you will walk the 200+ years of USA political history. Have a detailed understanding of why WTP are polarized. And how We The People are responsible. It is our responsibility to re-unite the USA. Together we re-establish Freedom, Leadership, Opportunity and Hope for ALL Citizens.

We The People + knowledge = Freedom

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Everyone should read this book and then act on it. Regardless of your political perspective, Gehl and Porter chart a course to get our country back on track. They are extraordinary people with extraordinary and workable ideas.
Bob Dickie
Boston

Fabulous book

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Great read and the political message is very insightful. The book is a gateway to a new era of politics

Easy to read and very insightful

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