F.H. Buckley Demolishes Campaign Finance Reform

The Encounter Books Podcast

F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We Can Do About It.” Buckley and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the state of American politics, Constitution as anti-corruption document, myths about the Constitutional Convention, problems of corruption stemming from the separation of powers and the dominance of the executive, how federalism has contributed to corruption, crony capitalism, the failure of campaign finance reform and much more. Learn more about 'The Republic of Virtue': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-republic-of-virtue/.