Broken bargain : bankers, bailouts, and the struggle to tame Wall Street

Introduction -- Part 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. Cockroaches in the Kitchen -- 24. Fake Accounts -- 25. Who Should Own a Bank