To your footnote: Law and government also suffer from unnecessary/counterproductive complexity! (even if other times they're too simplistic and lack needed nuance)
US tax code was the first example that came to mind. "Tax law" isn't exactly what comes to mind when I think of fun and interesting topics, but this book was a surprisingly fun read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32301945-a-fine-mess
To your footnote: Law and government also suffer from unnecessary/counterproductive complexity! (even if other times they're too simplistic and lack needed nuance)
US tax code was the first example that came to mind. "Tax law" isn't exactly what comes to mind when I think of fun and interesting topics, but this book was a surprisingly fun read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32301945-a-fine-mess
Interesting. Will check this out. Thanks Nick!