Common Good

Please join Philip live at noon (ET) today, Sunday, as he fields calls about Not Accountable and his other work on C-SPAN2’s “In Depth."

In Depth with Philip K. Howard Attorney & author Philip K. Howard joined Book TV to talk and take calls about government and legal reform in America. Mr. Howard's books include "The Death of Common Sense" and the recently published "Not Accountable."

The Manhattan Institute’s John Ketcham reviews Not Accountable for the Wall Street Journal:

“Mr. Howard’s civic-minded zeal for a well-functioning democracy—not to mention the appeal of his brisk, clear prose—should focus our attention on a vexing public problem and even inspire us to wrest back control of our government.

‘Not Accountable’ Review: Unelected Legislators Fearful of angering public-employee unions, politicians bend to their will at taxpayer expense. Can this arrangement be challenged in court?

America needs a new merit system for government. But how do we break free of the public union contractual and political stranglehold?

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