A review by starless_sea
The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Michael E. Porter, Katherine M. Gehl

5.0

Thinking about US politics like an industry with two mega-powerful companies (Democrats and Republicans) really helped me grapple with the systemic issues our country faces and how we might hope to solve them. Usually, when I learn about politics, I get so frustrated because it doesn't seem like we can do anything to change the status quo. This book not only offers helpful solutions but actually shows how we, as a country, have made sweeping systemic reforms before. Did you know that before the 17th Amendment was passed in 1913, US senators were appointed by state legislators, not voters? Learning about how we've done it before makes me think there's a small chance we can do it again.