EDITED BY MICHAEL LEWIS
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Copyright © 2018 by Michael Lewis
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Lewis, Michael (Michael M.), author.
Title: The fifth risk / Michael Lewis.
Description: First edition. | New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018038204 | ISBN 9781324002642 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: United States—Politics and government—2017– |
Administrative agencies—United States—Management. | Government
executives—United States. | Public administration—United States. |
Civil service—United States.
Classification: LCC E912 .L48 2018 | DDC 320.973/090512—dc23
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Table of Contents
Title
Contents
Prologue: Lost in Transition
I. Tail Risk
II. People Risk
III. All The President’s Data
Acknowledgments
Also by Michael Lewis
Copyright
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