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Nick Timiraos is chief economics correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and an author. Chief economics correspondent, The Wall Street Journal • Author, "Trillion Dollar Triage”

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Book Cover for: Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic---And Prevented Economic Disaster, Nick Timiraos

Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic---And Prevented Economic Disaster

Nick Timiraos
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“The system came close to stopping,” says Warren Buffett, who plugged my book that delivers a look inside the Powell Fed. Buffett: “If you read a book called 'Trillion Dollar Triage' you can get it on a day-by-day account." https://t.co/a2MjC6ee8T https://t.co/52Y9vH7ZW4

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval, Jon Hilsenrath

Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval

Jon Hilsenrath
Nick TimiraosNick Timiraos

Huzzah to Jon Hilsenrath, whose biography of Janet Yellen goes on sale today. Jon does a great job placing Yellen (and her husband George Akerlof) in the broader context of what was happening in economics and policy over the last 30 years Check it out: https://t.co/qo9PBS31Zi https://t.co/TtQc04gukF

Hardcover, 2022

$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Short Stories for Kids: Four, John Williams

Short Stories for Kids: Four

John Williams
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The two members of Jay Powell's inner-circle "troika" of advisers--Lael Brainard and John Williams--pushed back against the arguments for a larger half-point interest rate increase in March https://t.co/5cwpJWG7ZJ

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Book Cover for: Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century, J. Bradford DeLong

Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century

J. Bradford DeLong
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I’m looking forward to this discussion on Monday at 12 pm ET with @delong and @LipstickEcon about Brad’s much anticipated new book, Slouching Towards Utopia. RSVP for the event here https://t.co/FzOBWXBoym And order a signed copy of Brad’s book (or mine) from @friendlycitybks https://t.co/qwJHIGr4n4

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Fed, Tony Bourne

The Fed

Tony Bourne
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The Fed averted a financial meltdown in March 2020. “Nobody in the world has a plan," said Jay Powell. "And in hindsight, the worry was, ‘What if we can’t really fully open the economy?'" An excerpt from my forthcoming book, Trillion Dollar Triage: https://www.wsj.com/articles/march-2020-how-the-fed-averted-economic-disaster-11645199788?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1

Paperback, 2012

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book