{"product_id":"9781077962965","title":"Nurse Hair Don't Care: Funny Nursing School Student RN CNA LPN Composition Notebook 100 College Ruled Pages Journal Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise For \u003ci\u003ePANDERER TO POWER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We all owe a great debt to Fred Sheehan. Fred demolishes the myth of Alan Greenspan’s omniscience, while revealing the dangerous credulity of those who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eset him on a pedestal above the rest of us. \u003ci\u003ePanderer to Power\u003c\/i\u003e will be invaluable in making the case for how we might preserve our solvency and our system.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeth A. Klarman, president, Baupost Group, L.L.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Many have written about the man who used to be called ‘Maestro.’ But none has done so with such clarity of perception as Frederick Sheehan. Between the covers of this timely and important book, the former Fed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echairman stands revealed as America’s own Wizard of Oz.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Grant, editor, \u003ci\u003eGrant’s Interest Rate Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Fed, Greenspan’s Fed, not only supplied the whiskey for the party, it led the charge for irresponsible behavior by essentially telling people ‘don’t worry, be happy.’ A thorough, in-depth look at the man who wrought so\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emuch damage on so many, this brilliant effort by Fred Sheehan is a major step in setting the record straight on this era.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Fleckenstein, president, Fleckenstein Capital and co-author, \u003ci\u003eGreenspan’s Bubbles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fred Sheehan vividly shows in his excellent and long overdue account, the devastating monetary policies the Fed has pursued under Mr. Greenspan, which have been continued by Mr. Bernanke. After reading \u003ci\u003ePanderer to Power\u003c\/i\u003e, you will have no respect for the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, politicians, and Wall Street.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Faber, editor, \u003ci\u003eGloom, Doom and Boom Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important part of Sheehan's book is Greenspan’s role in expanding this country’s monetary base far behind our means.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBoston Business Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This well written, though obviously polemic, text documents the issues as he sees them. When read in conjunction with Greenspan’s own biography, a picture emerges of a complex, obviously smart man who may have been promoted to a position beyond his competence, but was expert at covering up and obfuscation.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTroy Media\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Greenspan’s 18-year stint as head\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Federal Reserve Bank witnessed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esome of the most massive upward redistributions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof wealth in our nation’s history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s now clear that his policies contributed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egreatly to the transformation of Wall Street\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom an engine that financed American business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto a business-destroying machine—and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat Greenspan abetted the hollowing out of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe U.S. economy by giving Wall Street and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington everything they could possibly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo take the full measure of Greenspan’s culpability,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe need to look beyond the disgraced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epublic persona and see him within the broader\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esweep of his life and times. In \u003ci\u003ePanderer to\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower, author Frederick J. Sheehan delivers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe first in-depth, critical biography of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eman who, for nearly two decades, served as the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld’s most powerful banker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with Greenspan’s formative years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas a Depression-era kid from New York City,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheehan traces his subject’s progress from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis days touring America as a reed man with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Henry Jerome Orchestra in the 1940s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough his emergence as one of America’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst celebrity economists to his ascent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough the ranks of power in D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a searing portrait of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshameless media hound who ferociously promoted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis image as a straight-laced numbers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecruncher, a Machiavelli whose political skills\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efar surpassed his skills as an economist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon a vast array of original sources,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe author leaves little room for doubt: either\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe “economic genius of our time” was oblivious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the hazards of his irresponsible policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecisions or he knew full well what he was doing,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut chose, as he had throughout his career,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto put self-interest above the public good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030012707056,"sku":"9781077962965","price":5.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781077962965_p0.jpg?v=1763671186","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781077962965","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}