The Politics Industry
by Katherine M. Gehl, Michael E. Porter, Stephen R. Thorne · first published 2020
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It seems to me that US politics took a turn for the worse in the past 20 years, and my response has been to disengage. Randomly, I picked up The Politics Industry by Michael Porter and Katherine Gehl, and I found it pretty convincing: (a) The system of elections and legislation is responsible for the poor outcomes we see. It's not the specific personalities. (b)…
on “Three Cheers for Solutionism?” ↗I found The Politics Industry by Katherine Gehl super enlightening and well-researched on this very idea (https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Industry-Political-Innovatio...). The basic premise is that the current "market dynamics" of…
on “Show HN: RankedVote – SurveyMonkey but focused on ranked-choice voting” ↗I recommend reading The Politics Industry by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter for a thorough (but accessible) systems-first analysis of the American political system + recommendations for reforms. https://gehlporter.com/
on “Is the US an Ochlocracy?” ↗