Free Thoughts

David Schoenbrod shares five specific tricks that politicians from both parties use to avoid public accountability. Is Washington more broken than people think?How can we more properly align our elected representatives’ incentives to keep them accountable? Does Congress have the willpower to change the rules of the game?Show Notes and Further ReadingSchoenbrod’s newest book is DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington (2017), and here is the book’s website. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.