Political Innovation To Overcome Division (Reformer Solomon Lieberman Interview)
03/09/21 • 61 min
Today’s episode is all about solutions. We talk with Executive Director of the Institute of Political Innovation (IPI), Solomon Lieberman, about what cross-partisan “politics industry theory” reform is, and how it can help us move into a better era of American politics.
“Politics industry theory” was first formulated by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter as they attempted to pinpoint objective, unbiased reasons why American government was failing. What they found was that our political duopoly (both the Republicans and Democrats together) has slowly removed legitimate competition from its industry.
The Institute for Political Innovation was then formed in order to help organize and empower reformers from both sides of the political aisle to return competency, and accountability, to government through true competition.
Some of the “powerful and achievable” ideas discussed in this episode that IPI is fighting for are implementing Final Five Voting and Ranked Choice Voting. Solomon and Jim also talk about things like the problems of politicians being primaried, plurality voting, polarization and party-line voting in Congress, the Hastert Rule, lesser-of-two-evils elections, and the dual currency of politics, votes vs. money.
Listen in to change your perspective on politics, and find positive ways to get involved.
(Relevant Links)
IPI’s main website www.political-innovation.org
Katherine Gehl’s TedX talk on “Powerful, non-partisan solution to fix politics” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk8d3GQJnQ
Link to original 2017 “Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America” study https://www.hbs.edu/competitiveness/Documents/why-competition-in-the-politics-industry-is-failing-america.pdf
Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter’s new book, “The Politics Industry” can be found on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1633699234
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Today’s episode is all about solutions. We talk with Executive Director of the Institute of Political Innovation (IPI), Solomon Lieberman, about what cross-partisan “politics industry theory” reform is, and how it can help us move into a better era of American politics.
“Politics industry theory” was first formulated by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter as they attempted to pinpoint objective, unbiased reasons why American government was failing. What they found was that our political duopoly (both the Republicans and Democrats together) has slowly removed legitimate competition from its industry.
The Institute for Political Innovation was then formed in order to help organize and empower reformers from both sides of the political aisle to return competency, and accountability, to government through true competition.
Some of the “powerful and achievable” ideas discussed in this episode that IPI is fighting for are implementing Final Five Voting and Ranked Choice Voting. Solomon and Jim also talk about things like the problems of politicians being primaried, plurality voting, polarization and party-line voting in Congress, the Hastert Rule, lesser-of-two-evils elections, and the dual currency of politics, votes vs. money.
Listen in to change your perspective on politics, and find positive ways to get involved.
(Relevant Links)
IPI’s main website www.political-innovation.org
Katherine Gehl’s TedX talk on “Powerful, non-partisan solution to fix politics” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk8d3GQJnQ
Link to original 2017 “Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America” study https://www.hbs.edu/competitiveness/Documents/why-competition-in-the-politics-industry-is-failing-america.pdf
Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter’s new book, “The Politics Industry” can be found on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1633699234
(Support Independent-Thinking and Objective Analysis)
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/independme)
If you want to give us a few dollars as a tip, in only a couple clicks on buymeacoffee.com you can help keep independent thought alive. No sign up, or subscription, required.
If you want to become a monthly subscriber to the Independent Riot podcast to receive bonus content from this week's episode, a free t-shirt, and a free copy of Jim's book, please sign up on patreon.
Show store for independent-minded t-shirts, coffee mugs, and stickers.
And please subscribe to the Independent Riot Youtube Channel for additional content not contain in the audio podcast.Jim Duncan's non-fiction book "Independent's Guide to Overthrowing the Two-Party System"Jim Duncan's political fiction "Blood Republic"
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Read Ethan Gutman's Book "The Slaughter" at www.amazon.com/dp/B00IHMBO6M
Read David Matas and David Kilgour's report "Bloody Harvest" at www.endtransplantabuse.org
Check out the website Mitchell recommends at www.stoporganharvesting.org
Watch the documentary "Hard to Believe" for free on youtube
Check out www.faluninfo.net for additional information about Falun Gong and information about the group Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH)
BBC 2021 article on CCP human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims "Their Goal is to Destroy Everyone"
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