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Book Review: The Escape Artists, by Noam Scheiber

A Woodwardian account of infighting in the White House’s economics team

President Obama, flanked by Jared Bernstein, and tailed by Peter Orzag and Christina Romer — President Obama, flanked by Jared Bernstein, and tailed by Peter Orzag and Christina RomerPhotograph by Pete Souza/White House

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By David Kamp

February 17, 2012 at 5:15 PM UTC

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This article is part of the February 20, 2012 issue of businessweek.

Book Review: The Escape Artists, by Noam Scheiber

The Escape Artists: How Obama’s Team Fumbled the Recovery
By Noam Scheiber
Simon & Schuster; 351 pp; $28