How Corruption Erodes Public Trust - Lawrence Lessig

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/08/Lawrence_Lessig_on_Institutional_Corruption

Lawrence Lessig argues that regardless of how money actually affects policy, the mere perception of impropriety is damaging to our political system. "More people supported the British Crown at the time of the Revolution than support our Congress today," he jokes.

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Larry Lessig introduces the Safra lecture series with a discussion on institutional corruption.

He explores the prevalence of this form of corruption in fields ranging from politics to medicine to journalism, and describes his plan to study and contain this problem. - Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University

Lawrence Lessig is a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, contracts, and the law of cyberspace. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a professor at the University of Chicago.

He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and for Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. For much of his career, he has focused on law and technology, especially as it affects copyright.

Recognized for arguing against interpretations of copyright that could stifle innovation and discourse online, he is CEO of the Creative Commons project, and he has been a columnist for Wired, Red Herring, and The Industry Standard.

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[JesusSavesAtCitibank]

The US is becoming a very dangerous corporatocracy, and because the SCOTUS has granted corporations "personhood" (equal to an American citizen), there is nothing to stop it short of a full-fledged peoples' revolt.

[ls1z28chris]

There is an old saying that politics is the second oldest profession in the world, and it has a lot in common with the first.

[TheBalancedRepublic]

proposal for action. Amend congressional election process to include a random selection element to remove the grip special interests have on our elections. Cut them off completely and leave behind a true representative Congress for the people. Some of you will get why this solution is important. If you do, show some support. google The Balanced Republic for a new idea that might be worth something. Regards

[loqiloqi]

It would be prostitution if they open up their own asses.

These guys are opening up *our* asses.

[dicelockdown]

thats not alo tof money

[stiss131]

This Heath care bill really sucks. I thought my cost would go down it went up 19% for next year. And I asked the blue cross blue shield guy that was giving are company the options he said they went up because the the new law WTF? I heard the insurance companies wrote the bill WTF? We are living in Corp. Fascism WTF! wake up people !

[ls1z28chris]

@cookie333333333 Prostitution.

[cookie333333333]

@ls1z28chris whats the first?

[Mystrymeat]

@phenomm999 Which would make you... what, exactly? You come on this video bashing the apathy of others while taking no action yourself.

[billywiz661]

Read James Larkhill's poem on Corruption

[stevethul1]

It is time that we "Get Rid of these Criminals" that run our country...