First published 2013
Jay W. Richards exposes a coordinated effort by financial reformers to penetrate America's regulatory apparatus. The book documents how activists, philanthropists, and politicians have gained positions within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, FDIC, Treasury, and other federal agencies. Richards argues this infiltration represents a deliberate strategy to reshape American financial policy from within government institutions. The New York Times bestselling author traces the movement's methods and reveals the scope of their institutional presence. Richards presents evidence of how these reformers operate at state and national levels to advance their agenda. The book serves as both an investigation into this phenomenon and a call for Americans to recognize the extent of this organized influence campaign within their government's financial oversight bodies.
Genres: business, economics, non-fiction, government, activism, american-history
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: institutional-infiltration, investigative-journalism
Setting: America, United States
Period: 21st-century
320 pages · Hardcover · McGraw Hill