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Elizabeth Spiers's Top Book Recommendations

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How to Argue With a Racist

Elizabeth SpiersI think the best book on this problem, and one of the best books about what the admin is doing generally, is Michael Lewis's The Fifth Risk. (It's also kind of terrifying.) https://t.co/bOKq9DFFhu (Source)

Ewan BirneyThe #HowToArgueWithARacist book from @AdamRutherford is ... great. Adam is honest to the ultimately messy and messed up world around race and genetics; uncompromising about the birth of many racist ideas and stereotypes in the nascent science of genetics of the 19th +early 20th c (Source)

Liz BonninFor those conversations that arise at the Christmas dinner table with the family - lord knows I’ve had them 🙄 - this is a great start to arming yourself with the actual scientific facts.. *runs out to buy the book* #HowToArgueWithARacist @AdamRutherford https://t.co/iI2dXIjZ3o (Source)

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The Fifth Risk

What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?

"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some even threw away the briefing books that had been prepared for them.

Michael Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the...
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Malcolm GladwellIt's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like. (Source)

Tom WolfeSaturation reporting, conceptual thinking of a high order, a rich sense of humor, and talent to burn. (Source)

Tim HarfordMichael Lewis could spin gold out of any topic he chose. (Source)

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