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

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

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



A fascinating look into the botched economic recovery moves of the U.S. government with Bob Woodward-like detail often putting reader in the room for high-level, private conversations. At times it reads like Obama hagiography, but ultimately Suskind provides a balanced view pointing out Obama being overwhelmed by economic issues too complicated for him in the over-hopeful simultaneous attempts to also tackle health care while Tim Geinert handed Wall Street everything it wanted and the health insurance industry swept up as much profit in the resulting confusion.



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