The Rule of Nobody

In the mail: The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government by Philip K. Howard.

“There’s a fatal flaw in America’s governing system–trying to decree correctness through rigid laws will never work. Public paralysis is the inevitable result of the steady accretion of detailed rules. America is now run by dead people–by political leaders from the past who enacted mandatory programs that churn ahead regardless of waste, irrelevance, or new priorities.”

Howard talked about his book on The Daily Show.