Michael Lewis is the acclaimed author of books such as The Big Short, Moneyball and The Fifth Risk. In his brilliant new book The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, he exposes how factors such as US privatised health helped turn COVID-19 into a national catastrophe which claimed the lives of well over 600,000 Americans.
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98. Michael Lewis on how the USA turned COVID into calamity

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Jewish German ARRESTED Over Gaza Speaks Out - w/. Udi Raz

They know they're defending the indefensible.

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Western Hypocrisy Over Iran Becomes Total Carcrash

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Israel Is Trying To Start A War With Iran

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98. Michael Lewis on how the USA turned COVID into calamity

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