Key People                                         ix
Key Firms                                          xv
Prologue                                           1  (8)
  PART I: LET'S MAKE MONEY
    Fun and Games                                  9  (29)
    Power and Perks                                38 (15)
    Sex, Drugs, and Debt                           53 (12)
    An Education in Risk                           65 (22)
  PART II: MERCHANTS OF DEBT
    Bigger Is Better                               87 (16)
    Financial Renaissance                          103(17)
    Paying the Price                               120(10)
    One Big Happy Family                           130(21)
    Opening the Floodgates                         151(13)
    No More Mother Merrill                         164(17)
    The Money Machine                              181(15)
    Perverse Incentives                            196(10)
    Top of the World                               206(20)
    Cash Stops Flowing                             226(19)
  PART III: WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?
    No Clue                                        245(44)
    The Dancing Stops                              289(41)
    The End Begins                                 330(62)
    ``There Are Rumors That You Guys Are in        392(19)
    Trouble''
    Free Fall                                      411(30)
    The Rescue                                     441(22)
    Bailout Nation                                 463(16)
Epilogue                                           479(22)
Glossary                                           501(6)
Acknowledgments                                    507(2)
Notes                                              509(22)
Index                                              531