Overview
Culled from original presidential archival documents, All the Presidents' Bankers delivers an explosive account of the hundred-year interdependence between the White House and Wall Street that transcends a simple analysis of money driving politics--or greed driving bankers. Nomi Prins ushers us into the intimate world of exclusive clubs, vacation spots, and Ivy League universities that binds presidents and financiers. She unravels the multi-generational blood, intermarriage, and protégé relationships that have confined national influence to a privileged cluster of people. This unprecedented history of American power illuminates how financiers have retained their authoritative position through history, swaying presidents regardless of party affiliation. It explores the alarming global repercussions of a system lacking barriers between public office and private power. Prins leaves us with an ominous choice: either we break the alliances of the power elite, or they will break us.
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Author: Nomi Prins ,
Gavin, Marguerite
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9798200038183
Publication Date: 11 June 2014
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"Prins divides her justifiably long text into digestible one- to three-page segments and seamlessly incorporates dozens of prominent banker profiles. Her work is highly recommended both to general readers and to students of financial history.-- ""Library Journal Starred Review"" ""A calm, authoritative elucidation of verifiable history."" -- ""Financial Times"" ""A must read, a gripping, historical story on the first corporate staters--the handful of powerful bankers and their decisive influence over the White House...Raw truth."" -- ""Ralph Nader, New York Times bestselling author"" ""A seminal history...Her book is a stunning contribution to the history of the American Establishment."" -- ""Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer"" ""Highly recommended both to general readers and to students of financial history."" -- ""Library Journal (starred review)"" ""Spins an enormous amount of research into a coherent, readable narrative."" -- ""Wall Street Journal"""
Author Information
Nomi Prins is a renowned author, journalist, and speaker. She is the author of Black Tuesday, It Takes a Pillage, Jacked, and Other People's Money, which predicted the current financial crisis and was chosen as a Best Book by the Economist, Barron's, and the Library Journal. Nomi has been a featured commentator on numerous national and international TV programs, including for CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, CSPAN, Fox, and PBS. She has been featured on hundreds of radio shows globally, as well, including for CNNRadio, Marketplace, NPR, BBC, and Canadian Programming. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Fortune, Newsday, Newsweek, the Guardian UK, and other publications. Marguerite Gavin has recorded over three hundred audiobooks in numerous genres. Her work has won AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly Listen-Up awards as well as a nomination for the prestigious Audie award. AudioFile magazine says Marguerite Gavin is an accomplished storyteller . . . with a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion, she easily delivers wry humor and moves smoothly from accent to accent, recalling multiple characters perfectly. Gavin divides her time as an actress between the sound studio and classical theater. She lives in the Washington, DC area.
