Author Talk with Marc Dunkelman

This is a free event sponsored by the Friends of the JPL. No registration / ticket is required.

America was once a country that could do big things – we built the world’s greatest rail network, a vast electrical grid, interstate highways, abundant housing, the Social Security system, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and more. But today, even while facing a host of pressing challenges—a housing shortage, a climate crisis, a dilapidated infrastructure—we feel stuck, unable to move the needle. Why?

America is today the victim of a vetocracy that allows nearly anyone to stifle progress. His presentation will explore what we need to do to break through today’s paralysis and restore, once again, confidence in our democratically elected government to get things done.

Mark is the author of Why Nothing Works, which is available through the Ocean State Libraries system.

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