Aspen Ideas Festival: Lawrence Lessig on 'Recovering a Sensible Democracy'

Lawrence Lessig at  Aspen Ideas Festival
Lawrence Lessig spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival in 2014 and 2016.
Ricky Savi | Aspen Ideas Festival

A talk from the Aspen Ideas Festival about the state of America's democracy. Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig believes we've ended up with a democracy where there is unequal freedom to vote, unequal representation, and unequal status as citizens. The good news? He says it's completely fixable.

Lawrence Lessig is professor of law at Harvard University. He spoke June 30, 2016 at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.

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