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The fifth risk / Michael Lewis.

By: Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2018Description: 255 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780393357455
Other title:
  • 5th risk
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.973 LEW 23
LOC classification:
  • E912 .L48 2018
Contents:
Prologue : lost in translation -- Tail risk -- People risk -- All the President's data.
Summary: What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works? "The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some even threw away the briefing books that had been prepared for them.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
300 - 399 Hanover Public Library Shelves 320.973 LEWI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001159210

Prologue : lost in translation -- Tail risk -- People risk -- All the President's data.

What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works? "The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some even threw away the briefing books that had been prepared for them.

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