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Charles Gasparino

 

Subtitle: The Unholy Alliance Between Barack Obama and Wall Street, Sentinel, NYC, 2010, 290 pgs., index, notes, appendices

 
 

Reviewer comment - The investigative reporter has found the multiple contributions of Wall Street leaders to the Obama presidential campaign and to the Republicans totalling by his count about20 million to the Democtats and almost 14 million to the Republicans. This was in the context of the 2007-9 financial crisis in which the Wall Street money men were anxious to survive. It is interesting to see who gave nearly nothing to one or the other party and who gave large sums to both.

 
 

Introduction

 
 

Chapter 1 - A Secretive Meeting

 
 

Chapter 2 - The Left Side of Wall Street

 
 

Chapter 3 - Deep, Deep Roots

 
 

Chapter 4 - "So, Do You Want to Come to the Administration?"

 
 

Chapter 5 - "We Know Each Other from Chicago"

 
 

Chapter 6 - Doing God's Work

 
 

Chapter 7 - Fat Cats and Fat Bonuses

 
 

Chapter 8 - Money Well Spent

 
 

Afterward - Where Do We Go Fom Here?

 
 

Appendix 1 - Key People

 
 

Appendix II - Key Firms, Government Departments, and Organizations

 

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