Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

2011 | 528 | ISBN: 0061429252 | EPUB + PDF | 1 MB + 4 Mb

The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House comes down to a single, powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. Both centers of power, tapping brazen innovations over the past three decades, learned how to manufacture it. Until August 2007, when that confidence finally began to crumble. ...