California Crack-Up

 California Crackup by Joe Mathews and Mark Paul

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


California Crackup offers an excellent analysis of the dysfunction that plagues California's system of governance. This insightful read on the perils of the Golden State presents the best explanation I have read on how our state governance got to be so bogged down and unresponsive to the challenges we face.  What I appreciated most about the book is that the authors do not simply offer a gloom and doom assessment, but instead, they move beyond finger-pointing to provide some concrete changes that could greatly improve how we do things. 

A must read for residents living within its borders.  This book is on my required reading list for engaged citizens.  For more specific information about the authors' diagnosis of our troubles and what we can do about it, check out their website at: http://www.californiacrackup.com/.

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