Money, the Media, and Mexico

Lawrence Lessig on Remixes and Election Corruption, and Andrew Selee on How the Press Depicts Our Southern Neighbor

Harvard Law School’s Lawrence Lessig, author of Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It and Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, talks with Anne-Marie Slaughter about the nature of copyright in our share culture as well as how campaign money can help explain the government shutdown. Wilson Center Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute Andrew Selee, New America Foundation Future Tense Fellow Konstantin Kakaes, and New America Associate Editor Elizabeth Weingarten join New America and Zócalo Editorial Director Andrés Martinez to discuss how the American media is portraying Mexico’s current political moment.


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