For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about.
The original classic that revealed the truth about ambition, greed and excess in London and Wall Street, by the author of #1 bestsellers The Big Short and Flash Boys
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"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... Læs mere
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A Pandemic Story. From the global bestselling author of The Big Short, the gripping story of the maverick scientists who hunted down Covid-19