The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

The Fifth Risk - after North Korea, Iran, etc - is project management. The Federal Government is complex and the starting point for many things we rely on and may believe are local or even private.  Michael Lewis explores the transition or lack thereof of the Obama administration to the Trump administration.  By law, members of the outgoing administration - all gazillion of them - secretaries and undersecretaries - department heads and those many pay grades below - are required to compose notebooks with all the information needed for the new administration to pick up the ball.  Between the November election and the January inauguration, the new team meets with the old team to ensure a smooth transition.  So what happens when no one shows up?  Lewis deep dives into the Departments of Energy, Agriculture and Commerce.  I am not a student of government and much of what I learned surprised me. I would love someone to read this book and convince me - with facts and data, not emotional ranting - that this is not true.  Warning: reading this may make your head explode.