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Boston Globe: "masterfully weaves economics, politics, history..."


Robert Gavin's review in the Boston Globe: Wessel masterfully weaves together economics, politics, history, and high finance, infusing the story with personalities and anecdotes, such as Bernanke’s call to his wife. He takes the reader deep into the Federal Reserve, explaining how this mysterious agency operates and illuminating the fierce debates and personal clashes that lurk behind the Fed’s bland, often opaque statements on interest rates.

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