by Ron Suskind
Alcoa, 117
Alexander, Lamar, 382
Alston & Bird, 179, 269
Alter, Jonathan, 161
American Hospital Association, 292, 295
American Medical Association, 292, 318
American Prospect, 37
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009), 152–54, 162–63, 181, 259, 273, 303, 313
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), 193, 292, 346–47
Angelides, Phil, 400
Arrow, Kenneth, 83
Atlas Project, 139, 197, 318–19, 321, 442, 472
Audacity of Hope, The (Obama), 156
Auto Task Force, 223, 227, 228, 230
AXA, 25–26
Axelrod, David, 48, 51, 52, 125–26, 130, 133, 134, 136, 153, 182, 216, 229, 230, 242, 243–44, 275, 283–84, 308, 309–10, 313, 317, 323, 324, 335, 339, 352, 358, 359, 370, 375, 376, 377, 443, 445–46, 449, 450, 460, 461, 469
Bachmann, Michele, 334
Bair, Sheila, 122, 123, 189, 204–8, 210, 211, 212–13, 265, 328, 399
Baker, James, 476
Balanced Budget Act (1997), 142
Bank for International Settlements, 412
Bank of America, 52, 94–96, 102, 103, 105–6, 107, 123, 124, 207, 209, 214, 236, 248, 251, 252, 257–58, 285, 286, 406, 455
Bank of England, 97
Bankruptcy Act (2005), 88–89
Barclays, 96–97, 103, 104, 106, 108–9, 408
Barnes, Melody, 315, 350
Barnicle, Mike, 187
Bartiromo, Maria, 37
Bartlett, Steve, 443
Bates, Eric, 8
Baucus, Max, 164, 165, 166, 175, 179, 269, 270, 292, 307–8, 317, 331–32, 345, 346, 367, 370
Bear Stearns, 28, 35, 38, 40, 42, 43, 45, 72, 73–74, 75, 79, 87–89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 108, 118, 170, 201, 208, 221, 225, 255, 341, 374, 394
Beck, Glenn, 334, 335
Benenson, Joel, 295
Bennett, Bob, 270
Bernanke, Ben, 17, 23, 38, 42–43, 72, 74, 85–86, 90, 96, 108, 114–16, 122–23, 133, 147, 148, 180, 188, 189, 201, 203, 210, 211–12, 215, 216, 217, 238, 248, 251, 264, 314, 328, 391, 392, 411, 476, 478
Bernstein, Jared, 182, 312–13, 356
Biden, Joe, 92, 216, 350, 366, 372–73, 376, 387–88, 428, 437, 462–63, 466
BlackRock, 40, 46, 86, 106, 408, 412, 415–16, 455
Blackstone, 39, 106, 333, 408
Blankfein, Lloyd, 72, 98, 100, 101, 105, 235, 333, 401–2, 403–4, 411, 416, 424, 425–26, 427, 435
Blinder, Alan, 357
Bloom, Ron, 228–30
Bloomberg, 94
Bloomberg News, 213–14
Boehner, John, 115
Boesky, Ivan, 224
Borg, Andrea, 265–67
Born, Brooksley, 171–72, 204, 265, 438
Bowles, Erskine, 133, 134, 387–88, 460, 476
BP oil spill, 427
Brady, Nick, 476
Broder, David, 158
Brookings Institution, 68
Brown, Michael, 452
Brown, Scott, 368–72, 372, 375, 379, 396–97, 439, 480
Brown, Sherrod, 428, 429, 438
Brownback, Sam, 431, 432, 445
Browner, Carol, 154–55, 176–77, 315, 351–52, 379
Buffett, Warren, 61, 117, 174, 224, 454, 455
Burkett, Erin, 327
Burton, Bill, 136
Burton, Dan, 373
Bush, George H. W., 124, 125, 205
Bush, George W., 10, 15, 36, 43, 69, 76, 95, 97, 108, 113, 114, 116, 119, 120, 121, 124–25, 130, 136, 206, 270, 277, 364, 452, 456, 462, 467
Cantwell, Maria, 166–68, 172–73, 174–75, 176, 204, 238, 280, 281–82, 297–98, 328
Capitalism: A Love Story, 343–44
Carlyle Group, 410
Caro, Robert, 370
Carter, Jimmy, 51, 67, 480
Census Bureau, 7
Center for Evaluative Clinical Services, 319
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, 325, 386
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 262, 385–86
Cerberus Capital, 226
Chambliss, Saxby, 398
Chase Manhattan, 422
Cheney, Dick, 82, 364, 462–63
Chicago Board of Trade, 170
Children’s Health Insurance Program, 386
Childress, Mark, 178
Christie, Chris, 410
Chrysler, 223, 225–26, 227, 228–29, 230, 241, 254
Chu, Steven, 366
Citibank, 98, 248, 287, 378, 390, 396, 458
Citicorp, 208
Citigroup, 28, 37, 45, 101, 123, 147–48, 189, 200–201, 207–12, 213, 214, 219–20, 221, 231, 235, 246–47, 248, 250, 265, 285, 439
Civilian Conservation Corps, 161
Clarke, Richard, 280
Clayton Capital, 63
Clemons, Steve, 375
Clifton, Jim, 450–51
Clinton, Bill, 36, 49, 69, 83, 121, 124, 125, 134, 135, 138, 142, 146, 154, 155, 191, 192, 264, 278–79, 367, 467, 480
Clinton, Hillary, 10, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25, 32, 33, 47, 48–49, 81, 82, 148, 149, 150, 155–56, 161, 169, 172, 191, 262, 301, 328, 384, 453
CLSA, 410
Coakley, Martha, 368–69, 372
Coburn, Tom, 429
Cohen, H. Rodgin, 253–54, 255, 256, 279, 281, 410
Cohn, Gary, 40
Coleman, Norm, 368
Collins, Susan, 270, 322–23
Commercial Credit, 208
Commodity Futures Modernization Act, 168
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), 170–73, 205, 297, 328, 397, 398, 410, 470, 471
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 136, 138, 140, 141, 203, 260
Conrad, Kent, 175, 270
Consumer Financial Product Agency, 334, 340, 343
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 4–6, 327, 431, 440, 443–44
Conyers, John, 190–91
Cooper, Helene, 187
Corzine, Jon, 410
Cosmopolitan, 369
Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), 150, 151, 152–53, 214, 312, 353, 441, 460
Countrywide Financial, 21, 70, 72–73, 80
Crédit Agricole, 410
Credit Card Bill of Rights, 80
Credit Suisse First Boston, 96
Cuomo, Andrew, 252, 258
Curl, Greg, 94, 103–4, 106–7
Cutter, Stephanie, 244, 264–65
Daimler, 225
Daley, Richard J., 448
Daley, Richard M., 448, 449, 465
Daley, William, 133, 465, 466
Darling, Alistair, 96–97, 108
Daschle, Greg, 177
Daschle, Tom, 49–50, 51, 134–35, 177, 179, 195, 261, 269–72, 275, 292, 293, 306, 307, 314, 316, 317, 318, 332, 383
“Death with Dignity Act” (Oregon), 473
Defining Moment, The (Alter), 161
Democratic National Convention of 2004, 13
Democratic Party, 10, 66, 136
Dening, Anke, 144
DeParle, Nancy-Ann, 193, 261–63, 272, 277, 292, 293, 294, 307, 315, 317, 345, 346, 379, 442
Derivatives Market Reform Act (1994), 239
DE Shaw, 84
Des Moines Register, 11
Deutsch Bank, 45
Diamond, Bob, 96
Diamond, Peter, 267
Dimon, Jamie, 43, 45, 72, 74, 75, 96, 101, 108, 117, 167, 208–9, 233–34, 333, 408, 411, 414, 416
Dodd, Chris, 114, 181, 213, 214, 233, 343, 397, 429, 430, 431, 432, 437–38, 439
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 437–40, 470
Dole, Bob, 205
Domestic Policy Council, 315
Donaldson, William, 36, 117, 143, 144, 146
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” 462
Dorgan, Byron, 164, 238–39
Dowd, Tony, 342–43
Draghi, Mario, 91
Dream Act, 462
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 18
Drexel Burnham Lambert, 224
Drucker, Peter, 141
Duberstein, Ken, 316
Dudley, Bill, 210
Dugan, John, 210, 211–12, 412
Dunn, Anita, 51, 312, 338–39, 340, 351, 352, 353, 354, 364, 377, 460
Edelberg, Wendy, 474–75
Eisenhower, Dwight, 421
Election Day 2008, 3, 12, 155
Emanuel, Ari, 310
Emanuel, Rahm, 3, 12, 134–36, 140, 152, 165, 182, 195, 196, 216, 218–20, 229, 234, 238, 246, 247, 262, 271, 276, 277, 279, 280, 282, 295, 297, 301, 303–5, 307, 314–17, 318, 322–23, 324, 325, 339, 351, 352, 353, 367, 368, 369, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379–81, 388, 389, 445–46, 448–49, 454, 455, 460–61, 465
Emanuel, Zeke, 195, 307, 310–11, 325
Emergency Banking Act, 161
Enron, 166–67, 205–6
Ensign, John, 429
Enzi, Michael, 175, 270, 322–23
Eshoo, Anna, 383
Fannie Mae, see Federal National Mortgage Association
Farm Credit Act, 161
Farmer, Paul, 320
Favreau, Jon, 31, 136, 324, 326
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 56
Federal Communications Commission, 4
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), 36, 89, 189, 206, 210–11, 265, 327
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), 64, 67–70, 90, 93, 95, 118, 409, 435, 439
Federal Reserve, 5, 16, 17, 22–23, 35, 37, 42–43, 46, 56, 63, 75, 76, 108, 113, 116, 122, 144, 147, 185, 211–12, 213–14, 217–18, 247, 250, 264, 285, 286, 290, 311, 341, 344, 391–93, 406, 410–11, 412
Feinberg, Sarah, 242
Feinstein, Dianne, 238
Feldstein, Martin, 76
Fiat, 225, 230
Fidelity, 87, 408
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 400, 474–75
Financial Services Forum, 38, 42–45
Financial Services Modernization Act (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; 1999), 36–37, 83–84, 280
Financial Services Roundtable, 43, 334
Financial Times, 84
Fink, Larry, 39–40, 60, 106, 408–10, 411–13, 414–15, 454–55
First Boston, 60
Fitch, 417
Fleming, Greg, 38–44, 52, 94, 96, 101–2, 103, 105–7, 109, 110, 236, 250–53, 255–57, 258–59, 405–8, 410, 413, 414, 424, 454
Fleming, Mellissa, 405
Ford, Gerald, 67, 421
Ford, Harold, Jr., 406
Ford, Henry, 222
Ford Motor Company, 226, 227, 229
Forstmann Little, 224
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, 319
Fowler, Liz, 345
Frank, Barney, 69–70, 115–16, 326–29, 340–41, 349, 370, 373, 375, 398, 430, 431, 432, 433, 437–38, 439
Franken, Al, 368, 429–30, 432, 438, 439
Freddie Mac, 64, 67–70, 80, 90, 93, 95, 118, 409, 434, 435, 439
Freemont Investment and Loan, 206
Froman, Michael, 140, 149–50
Fuld, Dick, 40, 47, 53, 99, 100–101, 109, 253
Furman, Jason, 85, 140, 149, 348
Gallogly, Mark, 39
Gallup, 450
Gawande, Atul, 324, 442
Geithner, Tim, 4–5, 6, 7, 9, 56, 57, 71–76, 89, 98, 108, 109, 122–23, 143, 146–47, 148, 151, 152, 163–64, 165–66, 167, 168, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175–76, 178, 179, 180–81, 182, 185, 186, 187–88, 189–90, 193, 200, 201–4, 205, 207, 209, 210–11, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216–18, 219, 220, 225, 233, 234, 237, 238, 240, 242–43, 244–45, 246, 247–49, 250, 258, 263–65, 269, 273–74, 275, 280, 281, 282, 288, 297–98, 304–5, 306, 312, 314–15, 328, 329, 332–33, 339, 340, 341, 345, 348, 351, 366, 373–74, 378, 392, 395, 396, 397, 409, 411, 413, 429, 444, 446, 455, 459, 475–78
General Electric, 87, 122, 341
General Motors (GM), 87, 223, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230–31, 241, 248, 254
Gensler, Francesca, 299
Gensler, Gary, 169–70, 172–74, 175, 238, 297–301, 328–31, 349, 395–96, 397–98, 399, 410, 430, 434–37, 470–72
Gibbs, Robert, 48, 136, 230, 294, 323, 339, 352, 363, 365, 375, 376, 449–50, 460
Gibson, Charlie, 37
Giffords, Gabrielle “Gabby,” 466–70
Glass-Steagall Act, 36–37, 60, 83, 161, 164, 170, 208, 209, 280, 291, 341–42, 397
Goldman Sachs, 8, 9, 28, 40, 42, 43, 56–57, 72, 75, 95, 99, 100, 101, 105, 113, 123, 169, 173, 207, 208, 213, 214, 232, 235, 244, 245, 253, 255, 285–86, 298, 327, 329, 373, 374, 393, 394–96, 398, 399, 400–402, 403–4, 406, 408, 409, 410–11, 413, 416, 423–25, 427, 434, 435–37, 438–39
Golodryga, Bianna, 389
Google, 117
Goolsbee, Austan, 15–16, 17, 18, 28, 31, 36, 85, 90, 137, 141, 143, 146, 149, 201, 227, 228, 229, 366, 441, 455, 460
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 125
Gore, Al, 116
Gorman, James, 405, 407
Gorton, Gary, 86–88, 89, 90–91
Graham, Lindsey, 430
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999), 36–37, 83–84, 280
Grassley, Chuck, 270, 322–23, 400, 430
Great Depression, 36, 46, 60, 66–67, 114, 122, 215, 290
Great Panic of ’08, 278
Great Society, 260
Green, Christina Taylor, 469
Greenberger, Michael, 438
Greenspan, Alan, 23, 62, 63, 144, 147, 168, 171, 172, 206, 258, 278, 393
Gregory, David, 245
Gutfreund, John, 235
Hallac, Charlie, 224–25
Halter, Bill, 398
Hamilton, Alexander, 67, 261
Harkin, Tom, 238, 398
Harriman, Averell, 426
Harrison, Bill, 101
Harvard Law Review, 78
Harvard Law School, 4
Harvard University, 82, 84
Hasan, Nidal Malik, 350–51
Hatch, Orrin, 193, 200
Health Care Financing Administration, 262
Health Care Summit, 190–95, 196, 200, 213, 261, 306, 317, 357, 382
Herlihy, Ed, 94, 103, 104
Holder, Eric, 70
Holifield, Robert, 398
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 118
Houseman, John, 287
HR 1586, 239
Hubbard, R. Glenn, 76
Ignagni, Karen, 193–94, 198, 292, 293, 295, 296, 345–46, 347–48
Immelt, Jeff, 122
Inaugural Address (Obama), 156–57, 191
International House, 421–22, 426
International Monetary Fund, 36
Iowa Caucus, 11
Iraq War, 14–15, 49
Issa, Darrell, 373
Jackson, Jesse, 131–32
Jarrett, Valerie, 32, 49, 52, 133, 134, 136, 150, 216, 242, 276–77, 340, 351, 354, 364, 375, 376, 443, 444, 445, 452, 461