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17 April 2025, The Tablet

Michael Lewis – ‘profoundly moving’ stories

photo: Alamy, William Morgan

Who is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service by MICHAEL LEWIS

Michael Lewis was prompted by the prospect of Trump#2 and what this might mean for the future of the government agencies menaced by the agenda of the new US administration. He wanted to mount some sort of defence about why government matters – not just in the global sense of what happens on the international stage, but in its impact on the mundanities of everyday life.

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