Confidence Men
Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
New York : Harper, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 515 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
AcclaimedPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind, authorof the New York Times bestselling The Way of the World, The OnePercent Doctrine, and The Price of Loyalty, gives anexplosive inside account of an Obama White House overwhelmed by the globalfinancial crisis--and the political and economic consequences still being felttoday. Readers of Michael Lewis's The Big Short, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's GameChange, and Andrew Ross Sorkin's Too Big toFail will be riveted by Suskind's illuminating,in-depth investigation of the financial meltdown. Rooted in hundreds of hoursof interviews with key members of the Obama administration, including thePresident himself, Suskind's exposé offers aneyewitness account of the most momentous events in the history of globalfinance.
Subjects:
Recessions -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
Recessions -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
ISBN:
9780061429255
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BUSINESS Economics History Sus | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [485]-503) and index.