The Rationing

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By Charles Wheelan *93

Published March 27, 2019

Naked Economics author Wheelan makes his fiction debut with The Rationing (W. W. Norton), a book about Situation Room decision-making during a major viral crisis in the U.S. Written as the memoir of a key viral biologist called into handle the outbreak by the President and legislative top brass, The Rationing is simultaneously action-filled, realistic, and a satiric take on political bureaucracy.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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