Originally published in The New York Times. SO this is the thanks that Uncle Sam gets. Six years after a forceful rescue of the financial system (and, derivatively, the economy) by two presidents and the Federal Reserve, a megarich individual and a battalion of investment funds are claiming unfair treatment and trying to extract billions […]
Originally appeared in The Detroit News. At its recent “analyst day,” General Motors laid out an encouraging vision for the future, a presentation that was warmly received by Wall Street. That such a session would be occurring at all was certainly in doubt in 2008 and 2009 when General Motors (and much of the auto […]
Originally appeared in The New York Times. America Should Rescind the Ban on Crude-Oil Exports AS a young reporter covering energy for The New York Times, I saw firsthand the distortions and inefficiencies caused by the web of regulations that followed the Arab oil embargo of 1973-74, and the resulting surge in gasoline prices. So […]
“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
-Time Magazine
