<div>Author Marc Dunkelman discusses his new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Nothing-Works-Killed-Progress_and/dp/154170021X">Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back.</a>Dunkelman contrasts past centralized efficiency with today’s slow, decentralized system full of procedural roadblocks. They close with a hopeful look at reform efforts, like Josh Shapiro’s in Pennsylvania, as one potential model. 
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Nothing-Works-Killed-Progress_and/dp/154170021X">Why Nothing Works</a>– by Marc Dunkelman 
 

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Privileged-Propertied-American-Opportunity/dp/0593449290/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q2LRBJ7LW7QY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mKgm7P8LBqoMJZIY-v9RtZ73BXCw8XxVDMu-f40cslM.2vxHv9cJZyhwHW057Knsy71V9Qho01Q66Kv8wq8QcYA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Stuck+%E2%80%93+by+Yoni+Appelbaum&qid=1751282869&s=books&sprefix=stuck+by+yoni+appelbaum%2Cstripbooks%2C124&sr=1-1">Stuck</a>– by Yoni Appelbaum 
 

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Progress-Takes-Ezra-Klein/dp/1668023482/ref=sr_1_1?crid=16JN0PCPCFJRY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Jchxvr4q79tUymv8ZWilZnCxniruMt555MtAeJAahz79eFsAPLMurJzWCheF74bbZ5OY5xDtiFi9916b3fWDK4MjsYyUzmU7zJFDaRmBqXvVj1kaxsCS5dg4ZlOv4-9a5QueFmDEz1AsAd3W_E6_DmjVkxFfBtOYl0TT57x5c9IN1mUoxSGg_h6C4m0e9A8MPpJHg-BTz3nNHidDPp6au2gc9AIxeoxIiBa8hACPjYs.442pb_RcTAN_b827JA4mtHWNbP8S3Y_2uqIQPGyHsaw&dib_tag=se&keywords=Abundance+%E2%80%93+by+Ezra+Klein+and+Derek+Thompson&qid=1751282891&s=books&sprefix=abundance+by+ezra+klein+and+derek+thompson%2Cstripbooks%2C140&sr=1-1">Abundance</a>– by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson 
 

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall/dp/0394720245/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TF5O7UVGTP7Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q4aGCirMHB-ry0Dd44sWpdCjktMzxguahUdteAftulw83aC_5Rl9b-0AEyBoRlVS93YIW20sp1CJIBcqeIO0Y7n8azSvmunr46T-LAkgqcIpDEsQFOQYsDsdvVrTQ01OH2PmlxX8LSgWAQrXFXUjHfDNUMsWvEwiSQ3LRmGULJ02L1XZWEMdOidq7MZVPHDMkX8j9FNG438WzYPbfg5xq1wFCHNsdKy8AHNIfuRtvS4.LjvhNxXgSalIdhKBsZ6Pk3IsTvsU9Q20z9c2IaUjsDQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Power+Broker&qid=1751282918&s=books&sprefix=the+power+broker+%2Cstripbooks%2C115&sr=1-1">The Power Broker</a>– by Robert Caro 
 

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Power-Elite-C-Wright-Mills/dp/0195133544/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1A6W5W68CBZSI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BiMesvtwSW4ypIH4IQWsnjbypMf2JqTYHGZC5clct8TQBpEm7cOqF2GRpZTNK0DBe99eKy_1w9n4_QhLpNDSN3wOKEDGbMMiSrKjJuCMVo4gTAFUbmAp0JDu5EvTdYin6tedf9xi2KE4V8uZFRK96jkwjxVoyIG6NfvRwt-2xey42W2K0OZVtdq9n7OTAiI7.PCnO61PxpfPlPLJinDKNH29Lej-uYJKengZMSupoBzM&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Power+Elite+%E2%80%93+by+C.+Wright+Mills&qid=1751282946&s=books&sprefix=the+power+elite+by+c.+wright+mills%2Cstripbooks%2C118&sr=1-1">The Power Elite</a>– by C. Wright Mills 
 

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Truth-Washington-Foundations-Liberalism/dp/0190261986/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NOI5XF1FHUQI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.zJDmI3cAJI7fHObVV3Esuw.6LKlPMriv7zIsEqA8STIpxzJF1CcWJKfuZMKjczPXZk&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+House+of+Truth+%E2%80%93+by+Brad+Snyder&qid=1751282968&s=books&sprefix=the+house+of+truth+by+brad+snyder%2Cstripbooks%2C106&sr=1-1">The House of Truth</a> – by Brad Snyder 
 

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