It’s no secret that democracy is in trouble. Studies show that a growing number of countries are less free, and polls suggest ordinary citizens are losing faith in their governments. What can be done to fix this? Conventional wisdom often points to piecemeal reforms on campaign finance, for example, or on better educating voters and taking steps to increase turnout on election days. Hélène Landemore once subscribed to those theories, too, but no longer. The Yale scholar has come to believe that