John O. McGinnis is a law professor at Northwestern University and one of America's leading thinkers on democracy and constitutional law. A graduate of Harvard Law School and a former editor of the Harvard Law Review, McGinnis has served in the U.S. Department of Justice.  His previous work includes hundreds of essays and articles on the intersection of law and governance, as well as two books, Originalism and the Good Constitution and Accelerating Democracy: Transforming Governance Through Technology, published by Harvard University and Princeton University Press. With an ability to blend rigorous analysis and engaging prose, McGinnis brings a fresh, counterintuitive perspective to pressing issues of our time. In Why Democracy Needs the Rich, he makes a compelling case for the indispensable role of wealth in fostering innovation, counterbalancing power, and strengthening democratic institutions.