The Fifth Risk

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. Commerce may not have enough staff to conduct the 2020 Census properly. Lewis finds the linchpins of the system - those public servants whose knowledge, dedication, and proactivity keep the machinery running. And he asks them what keeps them up at night.