Timothy F. Geithner is a force within America’s financial industry. He was the president of the Federal Reserve Bank and then President Barrack Obama’s secretary of Treasury, who had been instrumental in helping the country through its most trying times. The book “Stress Test” is a personal memoir that has seen Geithner make the hardest of decisions to help the economy recover from the crisis that is seen to be the worst since the Great Depression. Both political and financial, the piece aims at walking the readers through the experience, the gravity, and the implications of the crisis and the decisions that Geithner that ultimately helped the country out of another potential Depression.
This book gives its readers insight into one of the minds behind the prime movers of the American economy. Readers agree that the book is a must-read for every economist and historian that would want to build their knowledge on the workings of the American economy and its pitfalls and how the likes of Geithner, who is not necessarily a Politician, can make even the unpalatable political stance for the benefit of the country. And this had compromised his family life.
Non-Creative, Yet Fully Engrossing
The book is a page-turner, albeit straightforward and far from being creative. The narrative is intimate and is seen as gripping, but in the end, the reader would be made to feel triumphant as Geithner had made informed decisions that raised an entire economy.
A Force to Be Reckoned With
The seventy-fifth secretary for the Department of Treasury of the United States, Mr. Timothy Geithner might not be a writer, but he can definitely tell a story. He had served as the President and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Geithner wrote the book with heart, but not for the faint of heart. He simply recognized that his experience is not a private one, but the experience of the entire American nation, hence, the need for this book.
