Mike talks with political scientist Matt Grossmann, Director of Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, about his book Artists of the Possible: Governing Networks and American Policy Change Since 1945.
Topics Mike & Matt discuss include:
how much of a role the public has in policy change the flaws in our standard notions of how policy change happens how Matt examined every major policy change from 1945 - 2004 why policy favors the status quo - and liberal interests President Trump as a policymaker and lots moreFollow Matt Grossmann on Twitter
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