The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis's brilliant narrative takes us into the engine rooms of a government under attack by its own leaders. In Agriculture the funding of vital programs like food stamps and school lunches is being slashed. The Commerce Department may not have enough staff to conduct the 2020 Census properly. Over at Energy, where international nuclear risk is managed, it's not clear there will be enough inspectors to track and locate black market uranium before terrorists do. Willful ignorance plays
ISBN: 9781324002642
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Daniel W. Drezner
Academia"There is no better author to make the federal bureaucracy an exciting read."
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Tim O’Reilly
Business & Entrepreneurship"Michael Lewis’ latest book, The Fifth Risk, highlights just how bad things might get if we continue to neglect and undermine the machinery of government. It’s not just the political fracturing of our country that should concern us; it’s the fact that government plays a critical role in infrastructure, in innovation, and in the safety net. That role has gradually been eroded, and the cracks that are appearing in the foundation of our society are coming at the worst possible time."
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Bill Clinton
Politics & Government"As we approach the end of 2018, I wanted to share some of the books that I’ve enjoyed reading this year."
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