Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream

by Nicholas Lemann

Book Overview

An Amazon Best History Book of 2019

A splendid and beautifully written illustration of the tremendous importance public policy has for the daily lives of ordinary people. --Ryan Cooper, Washington Monthly

Over the last generation, the United States has undergone seismic changes. Stable institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374277885
• ISBN13: 9780374277888
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"