Confidence men : Wall Street, Washington, and the education of a president

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061429255
ISBN: 0061429252
Physical Description: 515 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-503) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.