Cast of Characters                                 xi
Introduction                                       xxi
Prologue                                           1  (6)
    1 To The Crossroads                            7  (8)
    2 Subprime                                     15 (13)
    3 Lenders                                      28 (11)
    4 Niagara                                      39 (9)
    5 Lehman                                       48 (17)
    6 Desperate Surge                              65 (16)
    7 Absence of Fear                              81 (18)
    8 Citi's Turn                                  99 (21)
    9 Rubicon                                      120(17)
    10 Tottering                                   137(18)
    11 Fannie's Turn                               155(16)
    12 Sleepless                                   171(21)
    13 The Forces of Evil                          192(10)
    14 Aftershocks                                 202(16)
    15 The Hedge Fund War                          218(17)
    16 The Tarp                                    235(15)
    17 Steel's Turn                                250(8)
    18 Reluctant Socialist                         258(15)
    19 Great Recession                             273(12)
    20 The End of Wall Street                      285(14)
Afterword to the 2011 Edition                      299(8)
Acknowledgments                                    307(4)
Notes                                              311(24)
Index                                              335