YANG SPEAKS

Many Americans are fed up with a political process that has produced no long-term solutions to the nation’s biggest problems. Despite being told the system is “of, by, and for” them, the reality is public officials have for a long time failed to deliver on that promise. Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang spoke with former Gehl Foods CEO, author, and nonpartisan reform leader Katherine Gehl. She co-authored the groundbreaking 2017 Harvard Business School study, “Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America.” She also wrote the book on the political industry and says her epiphany over the systems problem in US politics grew out of her experience running her own company – the observation that incentives that exist to ensure a competitive marketplace in most industries don’t exist in the political industry. Listen here.