REVISITED Breaking Government with Michael Lewis

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government’s catastrophically inadequate response, and the uncertainty that hangs over us all as a result, Chris decided to do something a little different this week. He wanted to revisit a conversation that feels extremely relevant and prescient right now given the state of the country. Prolific nonfiction author Michael Lewis, the man behind “The Big Short” and “Moneyball”, wrote an amazing account of what happens when the keys to the White House are handed over to people who have no idea what they’re doing. Now more than ever, it’s important to hear not only about the Trump administration’s attacks on crucial federal agencies, but also about what becomes of the dedicated civil servants trying to keep the government – and country – running. RELATED READING: The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

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0:00.0	I just had surgery on my hip when he was elected.
0:03.6	I was stuck in bed and there was being given these opioids and I was in this horrible state
0:08.1	of mind and I was kind of thrashing around thinking, aside from my hip, why do I feel the
0:13.6	way I do?
0:15.1	And it was because the sense that the Trump was a risk-loving person and an ignoramus.
0:20.9	He was being given this enterprise and I started thinking about all the different ways he
0:25.4	might kill me.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to Why is this happening with me, your host, Chris Hayes.
0:33.2	Well, when you're listening to this, you may be working from home or you may be watching
0:39.2	your kids who schools are canceled or I don't know where you are right now because life
0:44.7	in America is strange and disrupted amidst the coronavirus.
0:49.6	We've got a bunch of podcasts in the can that I love about a variety of topics but we're
0:53.7	going to do something kind of different today because of the coronavirus.
0:57.2	If you follow my Twitter feed or watch our television show all in APM every night on MSNBC,
1:03.0	you know that we've been doing a lot of coverage of the coronavirus.
1:05.5	We've been trying to sort of fill what I think is kind of a vacuum in terms of just straightforward,
1:10.4	evidence-based information about where we are and what's happening and what we're doing
1:14.8	right and what we're doing wrong.
1:16.2	And so we thought we'd do this week for this podcast.
1:18.5	It's a resurface conversation I had earlier that we've already broadcast but seems extremely
1:24.4	relevant and pressuring at the time.
1:26.4	Because right now coronavirus is what you would call a tail risk.
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