Alice Rivlin, senior fellow in Economic Studies, discusses the flaws in our democratic institutions that led to the government shutdown. She argues that all the problems facing our nation are manageable, but that they are not being managed well by our government.
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Alice Rivlin was in charge of the last government shutdown. This is what she saw.
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PodcastWhat the shutdown revealed about America’s broken politics
January 23, 2018
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