{"product_id":"escape-artists-how-obamas-team-fumbled-the-recovery-9781439172414","title":"Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe widely acclaimed and newsbreaking account of President Obama's campaign to rescue America from its recession: inside the meeting rooms, the inboxes, and the minds of the pedigreed propeller heads who guided America through a worldwide crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDEEP INTO THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS PAINFULLY HIGH, THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR HAD WIDENED, AND THE STIMULUS HAD NOT DONE ENOUGH TO BRING JOBS BACK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWHAT WENT WRONG? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFACING THE WORST ECONOMY SINCE THE 1930S, President Obama hired a crack team of escape artists: financial wizards who had pulled off numerous whiteknuckle getaways during the Clinton era. But this time, they fell far short. \u003ci\u003eThe Escape Artists \u003c\/i\u003ereveals why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStar White House journalist Noam Scheiber delivers a gripping narrative of the Obama presidency and the mistakes and missed opportunities that kept his pedigreed team from steering the economy in the right direction. With previously undisclosed internal documents and extensive, original reporting from the highest levels of the administration, Scheiber reveals how the very qualities that made these men and women escape artists in the 1990s ultimately failed them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noam Scheiber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.14w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439172414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScheiber, Noam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNoam Scheiber \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, writing about politics and Obama administration economic policy. He has written for the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and NPR. He lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44784492347507,"sku":"9781439172414","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ac972301-7575-4fba-b8ec-04697dcbcac5.jpg?v=1776258154","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/escape-artists-how-obamas-team-fumbled-the-recovery-9781439172414","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}