Discussion of President Obama’s new plan to address the deficit, which proposes $4 trillion worth of cuts over the next ten years, including cuts to Medicare and Social Security, an increase from the $2.4 trillion in cuts proposed in his original plan.
“[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
