How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic—and Prevented Economic Disaster

"A sensational book.... It's a marvelous account of what took place."

         — Warren Buffett

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The inside story, told with “insight, perspective, and stellar reporting,” of how an unassuming civil servant created trillions of dollars from thin air, combated a public health crisis, and prevented the American economy from facing a second Great Depression.

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Drawing on extensive interviews, Nick Timiraos details the tense meetings, late night phone calls, and crucial video conferences behind the largest, swiftest U.S. economic policy response since the Second World War. Trillion Dollar Triage is the definitive, gripping history of a creative and unprecedented battle to shield the economy from the twin threats of a public health disaster and financial crisis.