An incredible chronological explanation of how Banker's cultivated their relationships with Presidents of the past
5 stars
I finished listening to All The President's Bankers by Nomi Prins
I think it's her best book (reading chronologically from earliest release to latest, so this doesn't include the 2 books released after this one) yet! I will say, it's a big book, it gets detailed, it's dense, and that's really nothing new with Nomi Prins. Is it fun to read??? Um...depends on your definition of fun but I will say that I enjoyed it.
What I love in particular is how she goes chronologically, starting with bankers going to Jekyll Island to create the Federal Reserve. She discusses how bankers went from hiding in the shadows to get banker friendly legislation into government. She discusses bankers relationship with each president of the time. And slowly overtime with money, the media and time the bankers while no longer in the shadows have create enough pull in government to make it …
I finished listening to All The President's Bankers by Nomi Prins
I think it's her best book (reading chronologically from earliest release to latest, so this doesn't include the 2 books released after this one) yet! I will say, it's a big book, it gets detailed, it's dense, and that's really nothing new with Nomi Prins. Is it fun to read??? Um...depends on your definition of fun but I will say that I enjoyed it.
What I love in particular is how she goes chronologically, starting with bankers going to Jekyll Island to create the Federal Reserve. She discusses how bankers went from hiding in the shadows to get banker friendly legislation into government. She discusses bankers relationship with each president of the time. And slowly overtime with money, the media and time the bankers while no longer in the shadows have create enough pull in government to make it nearly impossible to stay at the white house, or be successful without them. It has become an unspoken agreement that Presidents will do what needs to be done to keep them going.
One thing I found particularly interesting is Nomi Prins previous distaste for the Republican party has slowly disseminated into Democratic party after Clinton and Obama also were Banker friendly. It looks like she's seeing, it doesn't matter what party it is, if they are still working with the Bankers, they still suck.
Anyways, it's an incredibly informative book. I'd recommend a read if you want to get good detail on how Bankers started getting into government and how over time they made it their world. Very good read.