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Lawrence Lessig explores the concept of small dollar public funding through matching funds and questions its impact on the influence of money in politics. He introduces Jennifer Herwig, a professor who discusses her research on the voucher program in Seattle and its effects on democracy.

Even great ideas need to be studied and understood scientifically. Jennifer Heerwig has done more than anyone studying the effects of the voucher experiment in Seattle, Washington. In this episode, we hear what she has learned, and what that could mean for reform more generally.