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Author Marc Dunkelman discusses his new book Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back. Dunkelman contrasts past centralized efficiency with today’s slow, decentralized system full of procedural roadblocks. They close with a hopeful look at reform efforts, like Josh Shapiro’s in Pennsylvania, as one potential model.

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References:

• Why Nothing Works– by Marc Dunkelman

• Stuck– by Yoni Appelbaum

• Abundance– by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

• The Power Broker– by Robert Caro

• The Power Elite– by C. Wright Mills

• The House of Truth – by Brad Snyder