Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Lost Ground 1
4. Part I. Highfliers
5. Chapter 1. The Nobelmans 9
6. Chapter 2. The Condo King and His Empire 17
7. Chapter 3. The Run on American Savings and Loan 34
8. Chapter 4. The Saturday Night Massacre 47
9. Chapter 5. Deregulation Inauguration 59
10. Chapter 6. The Red Baron of Finance 78
11. Chapter 7. The Bailout 97
12. Chapter 8. Friends of the Court 108
13. Part II. Repeat Performance
14. Chapter 9. Friend of the Family 123
15. Chapter 10. The Factory Line 140
16. Chapter 11. The Bubble 163
17. Chapter 12. First to Fall 188
18. Chapter 13. Surf and Turf 209
19. Chapter 14. Legal Enablers of the Toxic Chain 222
20. Chapter 15. The Great Betrayal 247
21. Part III. Myth Confronts Reality
22. Chapter 16. Dispelling Myths about the Crisis 269
23. Epilogue: Cast Again 284
24. Notes 303
25. Acknowledgments 385
26. Index 391