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SUMMARY:Blockers: rebels in the deep state
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (Old Theatre\,
  Old Building)
DESCRIPTION:Monday 9 November 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerMichael LewisChairPr
 ofessor Larry KramerJoin us for the launch of Blockers: Rebels in the Deep
  State\, the new book by acclaimed author and LSE alumnus Michael Lewis.In
  early 2025\, an army of young men invaded the offices of US government. A
 rmed with laptops and sleeping bags\, a raft of prejudices and a bulletpro
 of sense of mission instilled in them by their new boss\, Elon Musk\, the 
 tech bro acolytes of DOGE were on a mission to seek and destroy\, by any m
 eans necessary.But once inside\, they came up against a group of people wh
 ose courage\, commitment and in some cases lifelong devotion to the nation
  they served would quickly earn them the wrath of Musk. He called them Blo
 ckers.Blockers is the story of the unsung heroes at the heart of the most 
 complex and powerful machine ever designed by humankind\, who fought back 
 when DOGE\, and then even darker forces\, wanted to smash it all up.This i
 s a thriller about unlikely rebels and power-drunk villains. It is also a 
 cautionary tale that asks\, what do we do when the idea of public service 
 becomes worthless? When the things we didn’t even realise we were taking
  for granted suddenly no longer exist. When we don’t know what we’ve g
 ot until it’s gone.Meet our speaker and chairMichael Lewis’ global bes
 tselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. They incl
 ude The Big Short\, the story behind the financial crash\, which was made 
 into an Oscar-winning film\; Flash Boys\, a game-changing exposé of high-
 speed scamming\; Liar’s Poker\, the book that defined the excesses of th
 e 1980s\; The Fifth Risk\, revealing what happens when democracy unravels\
 ; and Going Infinite\, a cautionary tale of cryptomania. Michael Lewis was
  born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London S
 chool of Economics and Political Science.Larry Kramer has been President a
 nd Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar\, uni
 versity administrator\, and philanthropic leader\, he was previously the P
 resident of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanf
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