American Revolution

The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama

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American Revolution

By: Kate Jennings

Narrated by: Marie-Louise Walker

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Where were you when America elected Barack Obama? Kate Jennings was in New York, eyes wide open, completing her take on an amazing time: "the run-up to the election ... a time when every day felt like a year and we became slightly crazed from worry but also mesmerised, unable to switch off the cable news stations, obsessively tracking the DOW, VIX, LIBOR spreads, polls in red states. So much at stake." American Revolution is a dazzling and perceptive look at the United States between hope and despair: an election-year kaleidoscope. Jennings describes how and why the US economy fell off a cliff and how an apparently endless run of primaries and an increasingly rancorous campaign culminated in a world-changing victory. She surveys the characters - Obama, Palin, McCain and the Clintons - and conveys the concepts - derivatives, bailouts and moral hazard. This is an essay that shows America in fascinating flux: it is witty and poetic, acute and evocative.©2008 Kate Jennings (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing

Kate JenningsMarie-Louise WalkerBolinda audioQuarterly Essays

Americas

Political Science

Politics & Government

Witty

Wall Street

Banking

US Economy