PROGRESS IN AMERICA: INNOVATORS, POLICYMAKERS & POTHOLES – NONFICTION

In Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress – and How to Bring It Back, Marc J. Dunkelman delivers a provocative exploration of America’s vetocracy – a system where anyone can block progress. From housing shortages to climate change, government gridlock has paralyzed solutions and eroded trust. Tracing progressivism’s shift from wielding power to fearing “The Establishment,” he argues that reformers must rediscover their roots to restore faith in democracy. In Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy, Chris Hughes argues that the world’s most dynamic economy was not born of “free markets,” but created by the policymakers actively shaping them. He reviews a century of triumphs and failures, showing how we can shape future markets – such as those in artificial intelligence and clean power production – to be innovative, stable, and inclusive.

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