Mayors as Problem Solvers

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 22, 2018

Michael Nutter, former mayor of Philadelphia, executive fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice, professor of professional practice in Urban and Public Affairs at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and the author of Mayor: The Best Job in Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017), talks about his time as mayor of Philadelphia and why local governments often work better than the one in Washington.

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