Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an award-winning journalist. Rauch has been a trenchant observer of American democracy for nearly 40 years. He is the author of eight books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing writer in The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Rauch shared insights from his recent book, The Constitution of Knowledge and other observations about American society.