{"product_id":"blockers-rebels-in-the-deep-state-hardcover","title":"Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAn inside look at the early days of Trump’s Department of Government\nEfficiency, as told by the public servants it targeted and one of America’s\nbest storytellers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBlockers. It wasn’t a compliment. In the new Washington, it\nwas the worst thing you could be—especially if you worked in the federal\ngovernment and wanted to keep your job. A Blocker was a holdover, an\nimpediment, someone who didn't get the message—and, most of all, someone who\ndidn't belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMichael Lewis found six of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlockers\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of people who believed they had\na calling, who were convinced they were doing something the country couldn’t do\nwithout, and then discovered they were no longer wanted. One kept Americans’\nmost sensitive tax data out of the wrong hands and another made sure that\npoliticians and civil servants played by the rules. One figured out how to stop\nwildfires from destroying suburban neighborhoods, another helped uncover the\nmysteries of cystic fibrosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThere was also a security guard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt should come as no surprise that the writer who made\nsubprime mortgages gripping (\u003ci\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/i\u003e) and who turned baseball\nstatistics into poetry (\u003ci\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/i\u003e) could transform the first two years\nof the second Trump administration into a thriller about federal employees. But\nhe does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnd he does something else. He puts before us a clear\nquestion: If these public servants can’t survive in government today, then what\ndoes that say about us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e is the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eLiar’s\nPoker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Undoing Project\u003c\/i\u003e,\nand \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Risk\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46379544871119,"sku":"9781324131656","price":49.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_dae765d3-44aa-40cf-9a5d-7835d012564a.jpg?v=1792636913","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/blockers-rebels-in-the-deep-state-hardcover","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}