
There’s a lot to complain about in the American political system: Congress lurches from deadline to deadline, presidents claim more and more power and each side of the aisle treats the other as an existential threat. So how did our political system get this way—and what would it take to make it work again?Host Megan McArdle is joined by Yuval Levin, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and editor-in-chief of National Affairs. They discuss why Congress no longer rewards negotiation, how primaries and a 50-50 party system fuel polarization, what Trump has changed about the presidency and the Republican Party, and the reforms that could help America move beyond gridlock.Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
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