Imagine there's a virus living inside you. This virus is harmless. Most of the time. But then, something causes it to change and it could kill you unless you take one dose of a powerful drug. Now imagine there is a critical shortage of this drug. This is the scary scenario at the heart of the debut novel by Hanover resident and Dartmouth professor Charles Wheelan. It's called "The Rationing," but "The Rationing" isn't a book about a disease. It's a political satire about how the United States government handles the unfolding public health crisis. Personalities clash. Political ambitions get in the way of productive discussion. Fake News opportunists muddy the waters and foreign countries take advantage of a vulnerable United States. Charles Wheelan joined Peter Biello to talk about his new book. Charles Wheelan’s Top 5 Reading Recommendations Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut. “Is a strikingly prescient book about a future world that has become so productive that only a tiny proportion of
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