Part One: E Pluribus Inc.
1. The Danger and Necessity of Banks
2. A Cheat upon Somebody
3. Inc.
4. The Civil War Tames Currency
5. Sunshine Charlie
6. Radio, Rayon, and Retail Credit
7. If It Seems Too Good to Be True . . .
8. Crash and Contagion
9 Tickled with Poverty
10 Moral Hazard
Part Two: A Wonderful Life: Socialism for the Rich
11. Zombie Banks
12. The American Home: Safeguard of American Liberties
13. Financial Cocaine
14. Cover-Up and Bailout
15. Russia Defaults
16. The Committee to Save the World
17. Dysfunctional Oversight
18. Enron: The Emperor's New Clothes
Part Three: Ill-Gotten Gain: Boom, Bust, and the Great Recession
19. Tent City
20. Financial Magic
21. The Subprime Prisoner's Dilemma
22. Feds Tell States: Shut Up, Sit Down
23. A Number Out of the Air
Part Four: Cockroaches in the Kitchen
24. Fake Accounts
25. Who Should Own a Bank.