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doesnâ€t. Part history, part reportage, part argument, “Transaction
Man― is original, compelling, and illuminating.― ―Jon Meacham,
author of The Soul of America“This fascinating book is destined to
become our eraâ€s most important and insightful explanation of the deep
forces disrupting our economy. Nicholas Lemann uses compelling stories
of real people combined with brilliant analysis to show how the rules
that shape our lives have changed. The author's narrative is riveting
and convincing ― as is his call for a renewed American pluralism. His
new way of thinking about our past and present leads to a new way of
thinking about the future we want. If you want to read one book to
understand America today, this is it.― ―Walter Isaacson
, author of Leonardo da Vinci and The Innovators'A brilliant, essential,
and rollicking read. Nicholas Lemann deftly guides the reader on a
fascinating excursion through some of the last centuryâ€s densest Big
Idea terrain. Blending incisive commentary with deliciously salacious
detail, Transaction Man thrums with whiz-kid New Dealers and post-war
management gurus, New Age Svengalis and Great Recession financial
prestidigitators, free-market mavens and Silicon Valley technotitans–and
the soaring and all-too-frequently silly nostrums with
which they have tried to jacket the blooming, buzzing confusion of the
modern world.' ―David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
Freedom from Fear'Every so often there comes along a book that forces
you to reconsider what you thought you knew. Nick Lemannâ€s Transaction
Man is one of these books. Focusing our attention on short-term
visionaries and disrupters, activist professors, rogue economists, and
Silicon Valley lifers, Lemann revisits and revitalizes the economic
history of America since the New Deal.' ―David Nasaw, author of The
Patriarch “Brilliant and incisive, Transaction Man illuminates
Americaâ€s economic history through colorful stories of the thinkers
whose ideas, often stubbornly held, benefited a succession of wealthy
elites while failing ordinary people who were diligently trying to earn
a living. For anyone who thinks Wall Street has too much power, this
book explains how that power grew. Nicholas Lemann brings needed