Democracy vs. Inequality – Why Nations Fail – Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson.

From a New Jersey public school activist:

“I am very happy to report that the Stop Forced Public School Closures legislation sailed through the Senate Ed Committee with 4 yes votes and 1 abstention. This is no small feat. But we had a lot of grass-roots support and it worked!

Here’s a bit of the coverage.”