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Lewis has previously written a book about Paul O’Neil, George W. Bush’s Secretary of the Treasury.

For “Boomerang,” he toured a group of nations with the most interesting stories to tell about the world’s financial condition.

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Pension funds turned into investing speculators, promising 8 percent average returns.

Money that used to be spent on education went to a prison building boom.

Last year, the average Californian had debts of $78,000 vs. income of $43,000.

“Everywhere you turned, the long-term future of the state was being sacrificed,” he wrote.

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