"The New New Deal is the most interesting book that has been published about the Obama administration. Even Republicans should read it."
— The Economist
Michael Grunwald -- The New New Deal -- Gables
Start: Sep 10 2012 8:00 pm
In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country. Grunwald’s meticulous reporting shows how the stimulus, though reviled on the right and the left, helped prevent a depression while jump-starting the president’s agenda for lasting change. As ambitious and far-reaching as FDR’s New Deal, the Recovery Act is a down payment on the nation’s economic and environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era. The New New Deal (Simon & Schuster, $28) shatters the conventional Washington narrative and it will redefine the way Obama’s first term is perceived.
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era (Hardcover)
By Michael Grunwald
$28.00
ISBN-13: 9781451642322
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Simon & Schuster, 8/2012
"The New New Deal is the most interesting book that has been published about the Obama administration. Even Republicans should read it."
— The Economist
In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country. Grunwald’s meticulous reporting shows how the stimulus, though reviled on the right and the left, helped prevent a depression while jump-starting the president’s agenda for lasting change. As ambitious and far-reaching as FDR’s New Deal, the Recovery Act is a down payment on the nation’s economic and environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era.
The stimulus has launched a transition to a clean-energy economy, doubled our renewable power, and financed unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, a smarter grid, electric cars, advanced biofuels, and green manufacturing. It is computerizing America’s pen-and-paper medical system. Its Race to the Top is the boldest education reform in U.S. history. It has put in place the biggest middle-class tax cuts in a generation, the largest research investments ever, and the most extensive infrastructure investments since Eisenhower’s interstate highway system. It includes the largest expansion of antipoverty programs since the Great Society, lifting millions of Americans above the poverty line, reducing homelessness, and modernizing unemployment insurance. Like the first New Deal, Obama’s stimulus has created legacies that last: the world’s largest wind and solar projects, a new battery industry, a fledgling high-speed rail network, and the world’s highest-speed Internet network.
Michael Grunwald goes behind the scenes—sitting in on cabinet meetings, as well as recounting the secret strategy sessions where Republicans devised their resistance to Obama—to show how the stimulus was born, how it fueled a resurgence on the right, and how it is changing America. The New New Deal shatters the conventional Washington narrative and it will redefine the way Obama’s first term is perceived.
Review
“One of the year’s deepest books” —Politico
“A must-read book” —PoliticalWire.com
“There’s plenty here for everyone to get aflutter about all over again in this riveting account of President Obama's stimulus bill. Grunwald, a Time magazine senior correspondent, provides captivating background history on the stimulus and how it may prove to be a far greater deal than the one FDR famously launched.” —Chicago Tribune
“Mammoth in scope. . . . Throughout, Grunwald keeps his tone snappy and readable, while consistently grounding the political story of the Recovery Act in its real impact on everyday Americans. The result is an impressive book about the startling gap between facts and media spin.” —Publishers Weekly
“A cogent reality check of President Obama’s Recovery Act. . . . A pointed, in-the-trenches study whose thrust will be borne out with time.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Michael Grunwald is one of our generation's most original and tireless journalists—a reporter who is allergic to received wisdom, a writer with an uncommon talent for illuminating hidden truths. So it is a delight, but not a surprise, that The New New Deal demolishes clichÉs and vividly reframes our thinking about President Obama and his stimulus package through a gripping narrative. Even if everyone doesn't agree with Grunwald's provocative conclusions, every serious reader will see in Grunwald’s book a vindication of serious journalism, at a time when we need it.”
—John Harris, Politico
About the Author
Michael Grunwald is a Time senior correspondent. He has won the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Award for investigative reporting, and many other prizes. The Washington Post called his first book, The Swamp, “a brilliant work of research and reportage,” and The New York Times called him “a terrific writer.” He lives in Florida.
— The Economist
Michael Grunwald -- The New New Deal -- Gables
Start: Sep 10 2012 8:00 pm
In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country. Grunwald’s meticulous reporting shows how the stimulus, though reviled on the right and the left, helped prevent a depression while jump-starting the president’s agenda for lasting change. As ambitious and far-reaching as FDR’s New Deal, the Recovery Act is a down payment on the nation’s economic and environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era. The New New Deal (Simon & Schuster, $28) shatters the conventional Washington narrative and it will redefine the way Obama’s first term is perceived.
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era (Hardcover)
By Michael Grunwald
$28.00
ISBN-13: 9781451642322
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Simon & Schuster, 8/2012
"The New New Deal is the most interesting book that has been published about the Obama administration. Even Republicans should read it."
— The Economist
In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country. Grunwald’s meticulous reporting shows how the stimulus, though reviled on the right and the left, helped prevent a depression while jump-starting the president’s agenda for lasting change. As ambitious and far-reaching as FDR’s New Deal, the Recovery Act is a down payment on the nation’s economic and environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era.
The stimulus has launched a transition to a clean-energy economy, doubled our renewable power, and financed unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, a smarter grid, electric cars, advanced biofuels, and green manufacturing. It is computerizing America’s pen-and-paper medical system. Its Race to the Top is the boldest education reform in U.S. history. It has put in place the biggest middle-class tax cuts in a generation, the largest research investments ever, and the most extensive infrastructure investments since Eisenhower’s interstate highway system. It includes the largest expansion of antipoverty programs since the Great Society, lifting millions of Americans above the poverty line, reducing homelessness, and modernizing unemployment insurance. Like the first New Deal, Obama’s stimulus has created legacies that last: the world’s largest wind and solar projects, a new battery industry, a fledgling high-speed rail network, and the world’s highest-speed Internet network.
Michael Grunwald goes behind the scenes—sitting in on cabinet meetings, as well as recounting the secret strategy sessions where Republicans devised their resistance to Obama—to show how the stimulus was born, how it fueled a resurgence on the right, and how it is changing America. The New New Deal shatters the conventional Washington narrative and it will redefine the way Obama’s first term is perceived.
Review
“One of the year’s deepest books” —Politico
“A must-read book” —PoliticalWire.com
“There’s plenty here for everyone to get aflutter about all over again in this riveting account of President Obama's stimulus bill. Grunwald, a Time magazine senior correspondent, provides captivating background history on the stimulus and how it may prove to be a far greater deal than the one FDR famously launched.” —Chicago Tribune
“Mammoth in scope. . . . Throughout, Grunwald keeps his tone snappy and readable, while consistently grounding the political story of the Recovery Act in its real impact on everyday Americans. The result is an impressive book about the startling gap between facts and media spin.” —Publishers Weekly
“A cogent reality check of President Obama’s Recovery Act. . . . A pointed, in-the-trenches study whose thrust will be borne out with time.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Michael Grunwald is one of our generation's most original and tireless journalists—a reporter who is allergic to received wisdom, a writer with an uncommon talent for illuminating hidden truths. So it is a delight, but not a surprise, that The New New Deal demolishes clichÉs and vividly reframes our thinking about President Obama and his stimulus package through a gripping narrative. Even if everyone doesn't agree with Grunwald's provocative conclusions, every serious reader will see in Grunwald’s book a vindication of serious journalism, at a time when we need it.”
—John Harris, Politico
About the Author
Michael Grunwald is a Time senior correspondent. He has won the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Award for investigative reporting, and many other prizes. The Washington Post called his first book, The Swamp, “a brilliant work of research and reportage,” and The New York Times called him “a terrific writer.” He lives in Florida.
10 comments:
What a ridiculous book! Our economy is in shambles and the so-called stimulus only added fuel to the fire. I am surprised the author will even show his face in public. I hope they have placed the book in the fiction section where it belongs.
Did you read it??
Lolz.
Tell that to the teachers who kept their jobs because of stimulus money Chauncey.
One thing you will never hear Obama discuss on the campaign trail: his failed stimulus package.
Here are some other titles by the same author:
The New Coke: A wise strategic move in the cola market
The Vietnam War: The right war at the right time
Betamax: Still the best choice for video
The Wall Street Bailout: A terrific program that benefited the poor most of all
Anonymous who commented on teacher keeping job due to stimulus.
I SINCERELY HOPE YOU ARE NOT A TEACHER ESPECIALLY A MATH OR ECONOMICS TEACHER
Whether its Obama's Stimulus or Bush's TARP, what you have to realize is when the government gives money to someone you have to take it from someone else (or print some more which make what you have or make worth less if not worthless). So their is no net gain and probably a net loss because government jobs tend to attract less efficient people and require more resources.
Before you argue with me spend an hour in the government office of your choosing and observe closely.
I really get a kick about all the partisan bullshit that people fight over its even funnier after 3 or 4 scotches.
Cato, if a teacher is retained with stimulus funds, there is a net gain to the economy, because that teacher then has money to spend that helps employ others, and on and on in a multiplier effect to reverse the downturn. Plus some children are getting educated in the process who would not be otherwise, unless you have some way to do that without teachers. And whether the stimulus funds come from other people (taxes) or monetary policy (borrowing or printing money) --- everyone's money, stocks, property, etc., do indeed become worth more. (It's called arithmetic. Which actually gets more difficult after three or four scotches.)
ROSS pray tell if they print more money how does that make money itself more valuable.
And yes it makes other things more expensive its called INFLATION.
Inflation doesn't make the scotch more valuable just makes it harder for people to buy it especially folks on a fixed income and we all know they need a good stiff drink.
I Hope your not teaching economics anywhere.
Was my last comment censored? If so why?
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