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

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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

 

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