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longtime Clinton foe Jeff Gerth. He’s the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Gould did not take a title, but had a seat on the executive committee and had four additional board seats, which he filled with his brokers.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Congressman Vito Marcantonio
Nelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony
At Roosevelt’s direction, legislation had been drafted giving the federal government authority to regulate the issuance of securities for the protection of those who bought them. Rayburn, who had seen so many financially unsophisticated farmers invest the little spare cash they had been able to scrape together in worthless stocks or bonds, had
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
Securitization had produced the most toxic financial assets in the world – Fabrice Tourre was just one of an army of financial engineers manufacturing them – and had spread them far beyond the originating banks; revealingly, the near-total collapse of securitization in the course of 2008 was a key feature of the crisis.
Niall Ferguson • The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
The Marshall Space Flight Center is run by one man, William R. Lucas. His style of management can be best described as feudalistic. In his ten-year tenure as Center Director, he established a personal empire built on the “good ol' boy” principle. The only criterion for career advancement is total loyalty to this man. The loyalty to country, NASA,
... See moreAllan J. McDonald • Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
At a far pole from accountable public trust, or constitutional duty, Hoover corrupted the FBI to wage political war.