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Republic, Lost
''Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It'' is the sixth book by Harvard law professor and free culture activist Lawrence Lessig. In a departure from the topics of his previous books, ''Republic, Lost'' outlines what Lessig considers to be the systemic corrupting influence of special-interest money on American politics, and only mentions copyright and other free culture topics briefly, as examples. He argued that the Congress in 2011 spent the first quarter debating debit-card fees while ignoring what he sees as more pressing issues, including health care reform or global warming or the deficit.〔 Lessig has been described in ''The New York Times'' as an "original and dynamic legal scholar."
In October, 2015 a second edition of the book was published.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Republic, Lost v2 released )〕
==Overview==
The central argument of ''Republic, Lost'' is that members of the US Congress are dependent upon funding from large donors. Lessig sees the system as "legal but corrupt", and that the pivotal point of the corruption is campaign finance. In Lessig's view, it is a systemic problem.〔 He noted that congresspersons spend three of every five weekdays raising money for reelection. It leads to inertia: left-leaning Occupy Wall Street activists see little progress on legislation dealing with global warming, while right-leaning Tea Party activists see little progress on simplifying the tax code. According to Lessig, congresspersons being dependent on large donors affects the ability of Congress to govern, whether or not donations actually change the way members of Congress vote on measures. A poll conducted for the book showed that the American public is cynical about American politics: that 71% of Republicans and 81% of Democrats believed that "money buys results in Congress".〔Lessig (2011, p. 88)〕 Lessig also points out Congress's low approval rating—11% as of the writing of the book (9% as of October 2011).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Congressional approval at all-time low of 9%, according to new CBS News/New York Times poll )〕 He suggested that the system encouraged congresspersons to take up less-than-important issues for the purpose of intimidating corporations to encourage them to become campaign contributors:
This is summarized in the accompanying diagram: To obtain the money needed to get elected, incumbent politicians spend between 30 and 70 percent of their time soliciting money from big businesses, who pay because they get between $6 and $220 (according to different studies) for each $1 "invested" in lobbying and political campaigns.〔Lessig (2011, p. 117)〕
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