Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. A Note xv
6. Part I The Principal Argument
7. 1 The Time before the Debt Machine 3
8. 2 How the Machine Was Built 17
9. 3 The Debtor Class 55
10. 4 A Broken Net 102
11. 5 The Quickest Levers 118
12. Pat II The Interest Argument
13. 6 Divergent 177
14. 7 A Fair Deal 188
15. Part III The Future
16. 8 The Last Frontier 211
17. 9 Transformational Lending 223
18. Acknowledgments 241
19. Appendix a About My Research Process 243
20. Appendix B Advice for Consumers 249
21. Notes 259
22. Index 293