We are the problem solving species, these juries. The quality of our politicians is much more on the right, i must say, than the left. Has just plummeted in the last 15 years. So this is an incredibly generative process. I don't think many people who knock on doors and take part in the freak show that is our electoral system,. their falling out of that system in droves.
Nicholas Gruen is a widely published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator. He has advised Cabinet Ministers, sat on Australia’s Productivity Commission and founded Lateral Economics and Peach Financial. We discuss:
- Fast foodification of Democracy
- Isegoria, or equality of speech
- Pros and Cons of a citizen jury
- How citizen juries help in nuanced policy discussions
- Using philanthropy for political experiments
- And MUCH more!
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