The fifth risk
Large Print Book |
Large print ed. |
Thorndike Press,
Waterville, ME :
2019, c2018.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welland Main | LP 320.973090512 Lew | Large Print - Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
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 a role in these looming disasters. If your ambition is to maximize short-term gains without regard to the long-term cost, you are better off not knowing those costs. If you want to preserve your personal immunity to the hard problems, it's better never to really understand those problems. There is upside to ignorance, and downside to knowledge. Knowledge makes life messier. It makes it a bit more difficult for a person who wishes to shrink the world to a worldview.
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- ISBN: 9781432861841 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 279 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.text (large print)
- Edition: Large print ed.
- Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, 2019, c2018.