Philip K. Howard, a lawyer, is the author of Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans From Too Much Law, just released by W.W. Norton, and the bests-elling The Death of Common Sense. He is chairman of Common Good and advises leaders of both parties on legal and regulatory reform.
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20 Big Thinkers Suggest Ideas to Fix Our Broken Government
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Dear Congress: Government is Broken.
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Government Is Broken. These Guys Can Fix It.
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A Manifesto Against Big Government
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Manifesto for a New Politics
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Appoint Real People, Not Saints
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Overregulated America
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So Many Laws, So Little Time
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