• 08 Jan 2013 at 4:32 PM

Let’s Help Tim Geithner Name His Book

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As you may have heard, Obama is apparently close to nominating Jack Lew for Treasury Secretary, giving Tim Geithner his late Christmas wish: a one-way ticket outta there. And while he’s previously said to have no interest in writing about his time in Washington (and at the NY Fed before that), friends o’ TG claim that his plan for the next year or so involve “a round of ‘detox’ and writing a book.”

Obviously we’re still very far off from anything concrete but publishers will undoubtedly be banging down his door in no time and when they do, it might be nice to at least have a title to whet their palates. While Geithner packs his bags, let’s do him a solid and come up with some options. The year spent sunning himself off the coast of Ko Samui (or puttering around Larchmont, or taking a job with the least amount of responsibility possible, whatever the detox entails) will presumably do wonders to take the edge of the last 48 months but if he’s still in an angsty phase by the time he sits down to bang out his story, perhaps one of the following would work?

Now you go.

Geithner’s New Gig: An Author? [Fox Business]

Comments (29)

  1. 1
    Posted by PermaGuestII | January 8, 2013 at 4:36 PM

    "The Hobbitt, an Unexpected Journey."

  2. 2
    Posted by Alt_EST | January 8, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    "Hotel Washington DC: You Can Check Out Any Time, But You Can Never Leave"

  3. 3
    Posted by Blue Stars! | January 8, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    "Life in Washington – Not as Magically Delicious as it Seems."

  4. 4
    Posted by By TG | January 8, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    "It's Not That Small, Just a Weird Angle"

  5. 5
    Posted by Shaqtus | January 8, 2013 at 4:51 PM

    "How to Win Friends and Influence People"

  6. 6
    Posted by FKApmco | January 8, 2013 at 4:54 PM

    Why I Left Goldman Sachs – Part Deux
    With a foreword from Maxine Waters and an endword from Greg Smith

  7. 7
    Posted by Izzo Hova | January 8, 2013 at 4:55 PM

    "With Respect to My Black Mother: How Various Plot Holes, Unnamed Sources, and Factual Errors Will Clear My Name"

  8. 8
    Posted by Guest | January 8, 2013 at 5:03 PM

    Things are looking up. Co-authored by Verne Troyer

  9. 9
    Posted by hopeful | January 8, 2013 at 5:08 PM

    Bess, the publishers will be "whetting" their palates. They'll be wetting something else.

  10. 10
    Posted by Coca-Cola | January 8, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    “Improve Your Aim: How the Large Sums of Money I Will Make as Former Treasury Secretary Doing Trivial Consulting Work Will Push You To The Edge”

  11. 11
    Posted by Im_a_Dude | January 8, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    The Idiots Guide to paying taxes

  12. 12
    Posted by timmy the jock | January 8, 2013 at 5:32 PM

    At Least HBO's "Too Big To Fail" Showed Off My Athletic Side

  13. 13
    Posted by Dave Fry | January 8, 2013 at 5:32 PM

    AIG R US

  14. 14
    Posted by Pre-detox, I guess | January 8, 2013 at 5:38 PM

    An Invitation to Fisticuffs: tales of violent fantasies

  15. 15
    Posted by Mrs_Slocombe | January 8, 2013 at 5:43 PM

    …do you want fries with that.

  16. 16
    Posted by expectingalpha | January 8, 2013 at 5:47 PM

    "Timmy falls in the Fiscal Well"

  17. 17
    Posted by Mark Melin | January 8, 2013 at 6:04 PM

    "My Life as A Big Bank Secret Agent

  18. 18
    Posted by Guest | January 8, 2013 at 6:50 PM

    Two crickets and a head of lice!

    -Timmy Money

  19. 19
    Posted by Guest | January 8, 2013 at 8:13 PM

    Do You See What Happens Larry?
    My Advice to Jack Lew

  20. 20
    Posted by LaGuest | January 8, 2013 at 9:35 PM

    Fuck Timmy phony ass wigga talkin that thug shit then i see him crying on his weak ass show over some hood rat.didn't like him b4 that,+ if it wasnt 4 pete rock doing this book i wouldn't fuck wit anything his weak ass do.

  21. 21
    Posted by RBASXOVM | January 8, 2013 at 10:01 PM

    Predator Vs Alien lookin mothafucka lmao, he has a lebron hairline.

  22. 22
    Posted by Daja | January 8, 2013 at 10:44 PM

    Timmy's no good, horrible, very bad day.

  23. 23
    Posted by Phil Glau | January 9, 2013 at 1:22 AM

    A Dummie's Guide to becoming a Banking Industry Lobyist.

  24. 24
    Posted by King | January 9, 2013 at 2:40 AM

    Fraud @ 1600 Pennsylvania Ave 2.0
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l37RhdFGVsM&li…

  25. 25
    Posted by Bacon Is Tasty | January 9, 2013 at 9:07 AM

    "Oh Yeah, What Would You Have Done, Smartass?" (foreword by Rex Ryan)

  26. 26
    Posted by neil kashkari | January 9, 2013 at 9:50 AM

    Zeitgeithner! or
    Confessions of a yes man or
    Four years above my head.

  27. 27
    Posted by Timmay's Subeditor | January 9, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    How failure is no barrier to success

  28. 28
    Posted by Guest | January 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM

    Single White Female – Memoirs of Living in Washington

  29. 29
    Posted by sohbet | May 12, 2013 at 6:34 PM

    telling these little stories, here's a good idea: Have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener.