PositiveThe Wall Street JournalMr. Cowan brings fresh depth and breadth to this sordid tale. Thus do we see, through his research and deft storytelling, how reform movements are often encased in self-interested cant. As he writes: 'Almost everyone in public life has good reason to conflate means and ends and, in some instances, to write rules that favor their cause or try to use existing rules to game the system.’'
