Confidence men : Wall Street, Washington, and the education of a president
Title:
Confidence men : Wall Street, Washington, and the education of a president
Author:
Suskind, Ron.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Harper, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
515 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary:
Draws on hundreds of hours of interviews and in-depth research to relate the complete story of the nation's financial meltdown, from the trading floors of lower Manhattan to the power corridors inside the Beltway.
Language:
English
Contents:
I: The two capitals -- September 17, 2010 -- The warning -- Sonny's blues -- Inside the bubble -- The fall -- The rise -- The B-team -- II: Home alone -- A new deal -- Well managed -- The covenant -- Unresolved -- Nowhere man -- Filling the void -- Mad men -- III: The education of Barack Obama -- Lost and found -- Mind the gap -- Business as usual -- God's work -- The noise -- The man they elected.
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ISBN:
9780061429255
Format :
Book
