Guest Expert Philip K Howard with Host Dennis Tubbergen

On this week’s Everything Financial Radio Program,  Host Dennis Tubbergen speaks with Mr. Philip Howard, author of “The Rule of Nobody” published in April, 2014. Mr. Howard formed the organization Common Good, a non-partisan organization dedicated to restoring common sense to the legal system. Everything Financial Radio – November 30, 2014 Air Date.

Everything Financial Radio with Host Dennis Tubbergen and guest Philip K Howard

Philip K. Howard is a well-known leader of government and legal reform in America. His new book, The Rule of Nobody (W. W. Norton & Company, April 2014), has been praised by Fareed Zakaria as “an utterly compelling and persuasive book that, if followed, could change the way America works.” His Ted Talk has has been viewed by over 500,000 people.  In 2002, Philip formed Common Good, a nonpartisan national coalition dedicated to restoring common sense to America. Philip writes periodically for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the News Hour, Today, Good Morning America, Charlie Rose, and numerous other programs.

The son of a minister, Philip got his start working summers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner and has been active in public affairs his entire adult life. He is a prominent civic leader in New York City and has advised national political leaders on legal and regulatory reform for fifteen years, including Vice President Al Gore and numerous governors. He is Senior Counsel at the law firm Covington & Burling, LLP. He is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Virginia Law School.