Bill Bradley
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Bill Bradley is a former U.S. Senator and NBA player who has a deep understanding of economic policy and governance. This interview reveals his strategic approach to leadership, focusing on long-term solutions and the importance of collaboration in achieving meaningful change.
“Well, when I was in high school growing up in this little town, my family had a basement and in a basement where life magazines from nineteen thirties. So my way of understanding and seeing the world was reading these life magazines.”
“Our elections, the devising of a strategy, the purpose of which is disinformation, fake news, and trying to actually determine, increase the level of anger in the country, and determine the outcome of a presidential election. He's made himself, you know, he set things way back. Now, we could have a choice.”
“And but we hung together and managed to push it through, and it could not have happened without bipartisanship. And, you know, about three years ago, Packwood and I were asked to come to the finance committee and talk about this. So we were talking about how it was done, the bipartisan group, and became pretty clear.”
“Anything And at the end of the day, it's going to come down to what can I get? I mean, we had a set of principles that guided us. Those who have more should pay more, things that we could measure what we're doing against. And now we don't even know what the bill is. We don't even know what the bill is.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 175 - Bill Bradley
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