The scene of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV standing on the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica, his arms outstretched toward the throngs below in Saint Peter’s Square, was both emotionally stirring and spiritually inspiring.

Michael Lewis has just published another book—this one in collaboration with six other writers, each of whom is renowned as an author. The title: WHO IS GOVERNMENT?  and the subtitle: The Untold Story of Public Service were intriguing.

The globalization of economies—that of the U.S. as well as most of the rest of the world—began in earnest in the early 1980s when China was entering the global trading sphere. But as early as the 1920s, American companies had already started building manufacturing plants in Europe—both General Motors and Ford Motor Company were in Germany…