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It Has to Be Read. • Why Nothing Works by Marc J. Dunkelman

Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Marc J. Dunkelman, exploring his work and the themes of his book, “Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back”


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Marc J. Dunkelman is a fellow at Brown University’s Watson School for International and Public Affairs and a former fellow at NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management. During more than a decade working in politics, he worked for Democratic members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives and as a senior fellow at the Clinton Foundation. The author of Why Nothing Works and The Vanishing Neighbor, Dunkelman’s work has also appeared in the New York TimesWashington PostWall Street Journal, Financial Times, Atlantic, and Politico. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.