A Look Inside the Businessweek September Issue

As the American economy wobbles under the weight of tariffs, the business world takes comfort in the stewardship of Scott Bessant, the US Secretary of Treasury. In less than seven months on the job, the former hedge fund manager gets credit for negotiating trade deals and persuading the president to back down on threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Bessent is on TV talking to jittery investors nearly every single week.Is he a moderating influence or an enabler to an impetuous president. The ...