In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obamas billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country. Grunwalds meticulous reporting shows how the stimulus, though reviled on the right and the left, helped prevent a depression while jump-starting the presidents agenda for lasting change. As ambitious and far-reaching as FDRs New Deal, the Recovery Act is a down payment on the nations economic and environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era. The stimulus has launched a transition to a clean-energy economy, doubled our renewable power, and financed unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, a smarter grid, electric cars, advanced biofuels, and green manufacturing.
