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	Podcast:		EconTalk Archives, 2014
	Episode:		Steven Teles on Kludgeocracy
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		01:02:18
	Publish Date:		2014-04-14 06:30:00
	Description:		Steven Teles of Johns Hopkins talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about kludgeocracy, a term Teles coined in a National Affairs article to describe what Teles sees as the complex and unproductive state of political governance in the United States, particularly at the federal level. Teles argues that various rules and procedures in the Senate and the House allow politicians to slow down legislation in return for favors. Teles argues that both liberals and conservatives have an incentive to favor more transparency and a more streamlined governing process that would get things done.
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