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Michael Lewis: The Fifth Risk (Paperback, 2019, Norton Trade Titles)

Vignettes from the first Trump presidential transition after firing the transition team and throwing the …

Review of 'The Fifth Risk' on 'Goodreads'

Of the 5 biggest risks facing a new administration, one of them--the one this book addresses--is the risk that the government starts to be mainly run by people focused on their own enrichment instead of people working for the mission of bettering the country. Most people have a very narrow understanding of all the things government does to keep them alive and safe. This is partially because it often doesn't explain itself well. (It is poorly marketed.) But it's also because there are people who make a profit off of this information NOT being known. We've had kleptocracies before but this is the first administration that is trying to run the country the way organized crime runs a business it has taken over--maximizing the short term gains while it is run into the ground. I wonder how many of the people who need to know what this book has to say will actually get to read it?