Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
by Ron Suskind
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New York: Harper. September 2011. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 515 pages, 16 pages of plates. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A portrait of a White House operating under intense pressure as it dealt with a cascade of crises, from insolvent banks to collapsing carmakers. Details the rivalries among figures around the president, including economic advisor Lawrence Summers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel; Budget Director Peter R. Orszag. Contents: Part 1. The Two Capitals; September 17, 2010; The Warning; Sonny's Blues; Inside the Bubble; The Fall; The Rise; The B Team; Part 2. Home Alone; Stacking the Deck; Well Managed; The Covenant; Stress Tested; Never Alone; The Turn; Respice Finem; Part 3. The Education of Barack Obama; Misdemeanors and Felonies; Mind the Gap; Business as Usual; A Tale of Two Cities; The Noise; Symbols and Gestures.
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- Title
- Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
- Author
- Ron Suskind
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0061429252
- ISBN 13
- 9780061429255
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- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- September 2011
- Keywords
- Barack Obama, Global Financial Crisis, business, economics, government, history, leadership, political, politics, United States, Pulitzer
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- Politics & Government; History; Economics; Leadership & Management;
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- 8vo
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