Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-02-17
Books mentioned on How Liberals — Yes, Liberals — Are Hobbling Government
Ezra Klein discussed Public Citizens by Paul Sabin and Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy by William G. Howell and others. Nick Bagley recommended The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis. Also mentioned: The Premonition by Michael Lewis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Public Citizens
Paul Sabin's historical work Public Citizens charts the dramatic rise of the public interest movement during the turbulent decades of the 1960s and 1970s, examining how citizen activists transformed American law, politics, and regulatory policy.
Discussed“something that you footnote here is a work of the historian Paul Sabin in his book public citizens which is also influenced me quite a bit and in that he's Tracking not just this sort of mid-century move in liberalism towards some skepticism of the state but the rise of this public interest group complex”
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Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy
Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy by William G.
Discussed“and there's a book by uh William Howell and Terry Mo a political scientist called president's populism and the crisis of democracy”
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The Premonition
The Premonition by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction narrative that investigates the public health system and the government officials who attempted to warn leadership about the impending COVID-19 pandemic.
Recommended“I'd recommend Michael Lewis as the fifth risk this is now a few years old um but Lewis used the transition to the Trump Administration to offer a an accessible and actually moving account of the the often unseen work that our federal agencies do it's it's one of the rare books that I can think of that kind of”
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The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis's The Fifth Risk is a non-fiction account examining the vital, often unseen roles and responsibilities carried out by the federal government and civil service agencies.
Recommended“I'd recommend Michael Lewis as the fifth risk this is now a few years old”
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