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The USA is Lesterland: The Nature of Congressional Corruption

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Based upon his 2013 TED talk, now with more than a million views, this book tells the story of the system of corruption within our government, and how we might fix it. Cross-partisan, and incredibly hopeful, the book is a map for a democracy that we could reclaim.

92 pages, Paperback

First published February 19, 2014

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Lawrence Lessig

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Lawrence "Larry" Lessig is an American academic and political activist. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications.

He is a director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Prior to rejoining Harvard, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society.

Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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