# What's the Worst That Could Happen?

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- Book: [What's the Worst That Could Happen?](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-leigh/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen) ([What's the Worst That Could Happen?.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-leigh/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen.md))
- Authors: [Andrew Leigh](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-leigh)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6204-607-7
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2021-11-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Why catastrophic risks are more dangerous than you think, and how populism makes them worse. Did you know that you’re more likely to die from a catastrophe than in a car crash? The odds that a...