Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

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by Ron Suskind


  Volcker, Paul, 35, 39, 40, 74–75, 85, 117, 118–19, 143–44, 145, 146, 148, 164–65, 166, 190, 203, 207, 275–76, 285, 286–90, 300, 330, 333–34, 340–43, 344, 349–50, 373, 392, 396–97, 422, 426, 428, 432–33, 440

  Wachovia, 113, 207

  Wachtell Lipton, 94, 103, 104

  Wagoner, Rick, 226, 227, 230–31, 233, 248

  Wallis, Jim, 137

  Wall Street Journal, 7, 41, 42, 44, 236, 243, 312

  Warren, Elizabeth, 4–6, 10, 77–81, 204–5, 300, 311, 312, 343–45, 349, 397, 431, 440, 443–45

  Washington, George, 332

  Washington Mutual, 113, 167, 255

  Washington Note, 375

  Washington Post, 214, 380–81

  Wasserstein Perella, 135

  Waxman, Henry, 371

  Webb, Jim, 238, 270

  Weill, Sandy, 208–9

  Weinberg, John, 425

  Weinberg, Sidney, 423, 424, 425

  Weinberg, Sue, 425

  Weiner, Anthony, 375

  Weinstein, Brianna, 320–21

  Weinstein, Jim, 318, 319, 320–22, 442–43, 472–73

  Weinstein, Mimi, 322

  Weinstein, Shelsey, 322

  Weld, William, 369

  Wells Fargo, 123, 207, 214, 285

  Wennberg, Jack, 138–39, 318–22, 442, 443

  Wenner, Jann, 8–10

  Where Do We Go from Here (King), 29

  Whitehead, John, 422, 423–26

  Wilson, Joe, 326

  Winters, Bill, 413–14, 416, 417

  Wolf, Carol, 25

  Wolf, Robert, 19–20, 21–23, 24–28, 30, 31, 34–35, 36, 43–44, 59, 62, 85, 87, 93, 98, 104–5, 109, 119, 143, 144, 350, 396, 397, 447–48

  Wolin, Neal, 280, 281–82, 304, 476

  Woodrow Wilson Center, 14–15

  Woodward, Bob, 278

  WorldCom, 109

  Wright, Jeremiah, 33–34

  Wristen, Walter, 426

  Wyden, Ron, 213

  Zandi, Mark, 313, 363

  Zimmerman, Gabe, 468

  About the Author

  RON SUSKIND is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism, The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America’s Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11, and The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill. He is also the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League. He has written for The New York Times Magazine and Esquire, and is a distinguished visiting scholar at Dartmouth College. From 1993 to 2000 he was the senior national affairs writer for The Wall Street Journal, where he won a Pulitzer Prize. He lives with his wife, Cornelia Kennedy Suskind, in Washington, D.C.

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  Also by Ron Suskind

  The Way of the World

  The One Percent Doctrine

  The Price of Loyalty

  A Hope in the Unseen

  Credits

  Cover design by Jarrod Taylor

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  Print Edition ISBN: 9780061429255

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