Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 The Founders, Finance, and Us (2012) -- 2 Riot, Regulate, Occupy (1765–1771) -- 3 Two Revolutions? (1771–1776) -- 4 Conceived in War Debt (1776–1783) -- 5 History on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1913–2012) -- 6 An Existential Interpretation of the...