Michael Lewis - Az fifth kockázat - Mi all történhet egy országban szakértő vezetés hiányában

With the help of Michael Lewis, we get a glimpse behind the scenes of the American government,
against which its own leaders launched an attack. At the Ministry of Agriculture, vital programs such as food stamps and school lunches are being cut.
The Department of Commerce will not have enough staff to properly administer the 2020 census. At the Department of Energy, which deals with international nuclear risk, it is unclear whether there will be enough inspectors to track and locate black-market uranium, ahead of terrorists.
Willful ignorance plays a role in these looming disasters.
If we want to maximize short-term profits
regardless of the long-term costs, we are better off not knowing the costs. If we want to maintain our personal immunity to difficult problems, it is better not to understand the problems at all. There is an advantage to ignorance and a disadvantage to knowledge. Knowledge makes life more confusing and complicated for someone who wants to shrink the world into a worldview.
If there are dangerous fools in this book, there are also heroes - without glory, of course. They are the civil servants whose knowledge, dedication and initiative keep the machinery moving. Michael Lewis asks them what keeps them up at night.
MICHAEL LEWIS Broker Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side
(Champions of the heart), the author of the best-selling books The Big Throw and Warrior Psychologists.
He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife and three children.