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All the Wrong Moves

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An explosive insider story of the biggest mistakes in history and how to put them right — from the man who saw America’s wrong moves up close, White House insider turned host of the hit podcast, The Rest is Politics: US

We’re living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come
from, and how do we get out?

Anthony Scaramucci’s electrifying answer – rooted in history, business, and first-hand experience – reveals the true origins of America’s current crisis, charting how both political parties made a series of catastrophic decisions that dismantled a postwar period of unprecedented stability and prosperity. Each decision deepened inequality, corroded trust, and fueled the anger that empowered Donald Trump’s rise and his assault on democracy.

The story Scaramucci tells is ‘money-point-of-view history’: it gallops from Wall St to Main St, from the boardroom to the Situation Room. A product of the working class who rose to the heights of finance and power, he has witnessed first-hand how money and ambition have always lived in tension with ideals. And he brings a rare skin-in-the game perspective to showing how both parties failed the people they once represented.

It will take courage and tough action but in All The Wrong Moves he sets up the challenge to cut through partisanship and embrace some right ones.

All the Wrong Moves is not about right and left. It’s about right and wrong. It is a portrait of America which has the clarity of an X-ray and is a blistering display of storytelling and analysis.

© Anthony Scaramucci 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

Critics Review

Challenging, surprising and always engaging. This is the Mooch at his most thoughtful and wise
Emily Maitlis
Anthony Scaramucci brings to his superb book the same verve, wit and intelligent analysis that we hear each week on The Rest is Politics US. This is essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of the mess the world is in
Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, The Rest is Politics
Insightful, funny, fascinating and unsparing – Anthony's book is deliciously like Anthony. When is he EVER not totally compelling?
Marina Hyde
Thoughtful, witty and always provocative, this is a wonderfully insightful reflection on the Trump phenomenon. Scaramucci takes the long view, looking back into American history for the roots of Trumpism, and identifies three crucial moments that shaped the political landscape of the 2020s. From the embrace of globalization and the rise of China to the invasion of Iraq and the Wall Street bailouts, this is an essential guide to what’s gone wrong with America. It’s an irresistibly engaging, lively and clever read – just as you’d expect from such a gifted communicator
Dominic Sandbrook
Anthony Scaramucci has the rare talent of offering important political and market insights while also being blisteringly funny. All the Wrong Moves is thought-provoking and fun
Robert Peston
All the Wrong Moves is a profound, compelling and deeply thought-provoking book. Drawing on the past centuries of America’s rich history, this is a story filled with razor-sharp analysis, wisdom and pragmatic common sense. Authoritative, incisive, often disturbing, but ultimately offering a path for redemption – it needs to be read by as wide an audience as possible
James Holland, author of Normandy '44
The Mooch is just so annoying: as a storyteller, he makes the rest of us feel drab
Jon Sopel
The maddeningly brilliant Mooch is impossible to ignore
Jane Garvey
Scaramucci’s deep knowledge of the forces that have created our current political situation is presented here with great clarity and a sharp wit
Stanley Tucci
Here’s what Anthony Scaramucci gets exactly right in his newest book: He has the courage to say he was wrong and sketches out how we all need to come to terms with the errors we have made as a country if we want to get past the devastation wrought by Donald Trump over the last decade. There is no easy fix, but the United States — built on money and moxie and also mistakes and at a critical crossroads — needs as many good ideas as possible to get back to our better angels and this is a critical primer on how to do just that
Kara Swisher
Author Anthony Scaramucci
Narrator Anthony Scaramucci
Duration 12 hours and 30 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529980035
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Central / national / federal government, Geopolitics, History of the Americas, Political economy, Political leaders and leadership
Availability AU, GB, IE

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