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There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster―Who Profits and Who Pays the Price

Top of the pile

78

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

88/100

Critics

67/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Jessie Singer

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Date:

February 15, 2022

A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define all that’s wrong with America.

What The Reviewers Say

Tony Miksanek,
Booklist
... educational and evocative.
Laura Hiatt,
Library Journal
A title that manifestly seeks to make people rethink the causes of the accidental deaths and injuries that are on the rise in the U.S. Spanning the genres of business, political science, and public health, Singer’s work will challenge readers personally and philosophically..

Kirkus
... searing, deeply researched.

Publishers Weekly
Lucid and well researched, this is an eye-opening call for rethinking the nature of accidents..