The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
By: Michael Lewis
4.09
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy waite…
Want to Read $ 9.99"The problems that had been Obama's problems for the past eight years were about to become Trump's problems. But his people didn't seem to want to know about them."-Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
"The problems that had been Obama's problems for the past eight years were about to become Trump's problems. But his people didn't seem to want to know about them."-Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
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9. The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
By: Michael Lewis
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19. Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
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"What kind of ancestors do we want to be? With every action or inaction, we help decide how the future will unfold. What principles and commitments do we want to adopt for a democracy that doesn't yet…"-Astra Taylor, Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
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