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Who rules America?All the Presidents’ Bankers is a groundbreaking narrative of how an elite group of men transformed the American economy and government, dictated foreign and domestic policy, and shaped world history.Culled from original presidential archival documents, All the Presidents’ Bankers delivers an explosive account of the hundred-year interdependence between the White House and Wall Street that transcends a simple analysis of money driving politics—or greed driving bankers.Prins ushers us into the intimate world of exclusive clubs, vacation spots, and Ivy League universities that binds presidents and financiers. She unravels the multi-generational blood, intermarriage, and protégé relationships that have confined national influence to a privileged cluster of people.
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Nomi Prins is a renowned author, journalist and speaker. Her new book, Collusion:How Central Bankers Rigged the World, will be released May 1, 2018. Her last book, All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power, was published on April 8, 2014. Her prior book, Black Tuesday, was a historical novel about the 1929 crash. Before that, she wrote the hard-hitting, It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street. She is also the author of Other People's Money: The Corporate Mugging of America, which predicted the recent financial crisis, and was chosen as a Best Book of 2004 by The Economist, Barron's and The Library Journal, and Jacked: How "Conservatives" are Picking your Pocket (whether you voted for them or not.) She wrote the financial thriller, The Trail, under pseudonym, Natalia Prentice.
Before becoming an author, Nomi was a managing director at Goldman Sachs and a senior managing director at Bear Stearns. She has been a featured commentator on numerous TV programs including for: BBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, CSPAN, Democracy Now, Fox and PBS. She has been featured on hundreds of radio shows including for CNNRadio, Marketplace, NPR, BBC, and Canadian Programming. She has been featured in international documentaries from the US, Norway, France, Germany and other places, alongside other prominent thought-leaders.
Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Newsday, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Slate, The Guardian, The Nation, LaVanguardia, and other publications.
Her website is http://www.nomiprins.com
