In the political world, it is not common to hear about optimism. It is most especially not common to hear about optimism in times of crisis. In Johnathan Tepperman’s “The Fix: How Countries use Crises to Solve the World’s Worst Problems,” Tepperman gives the reader successful case studies of politicians who used crisis as an awareness key in order to overcome the problems residing in their countries. He recaps how throughout the decades; several politicians use their power and authority to construct a positive impact to their nation in a time of crisis. Several tactics are used such as creating laws, programs and regulations in order to decrease contradictory topics present in the country; the topics being conflict, civil war, Islamic extremism,