Ron Suskind's book, written with and about former US Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O'Neill, provides insight into how President George W. Bush does and does not engage with the issues, does and does not engage with his cabinet members, and does and does not engage with his political team. It is a fascinating insider account, and now very timely because O'Neill, along with Alan Greenspan, were attempting to make the case for some reforms of US Social Security but based on US Government fiscal discipline; a discipline which was totally undermined by irresponsible tax cuts simultaneous to a hugely expensive military engagement in Iraq. See The Price of Loyalty.
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