Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream is an awkwardly constructed story of the economic history of the US from the New Deal to the Great Recession. Awkward because the author tries to tie it to a particular neighborhood in Chicago but it never quite fits and I, for one, thought it would illustrate only the strange relationship between car manufacturers and their dealers, when in fact the author had much grander ambitions. Still , there is merit int he description of how power moved from government institutions to large manufacturers and now (the author says) financial institutions.
Also, Foothill College is not in Sunnyvale, CA. Proofreaders, please proofread.