In Conversation with Sam Freedman | ep. 113

In his recent book, Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It, Sam Freedman lays out why people matter, but systems matter more. Having a run of incompetent, corrupt leaders is a problem. But our problems run deeper – and we will get nowhere until we fix our systems. It’s not enough to change who sits in Westminster and Whitehall – we have change the whole system. The change we need is no small feat – and it’s bloody complicated. But unless our systems and politicians give away power,...

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