Introduction -- Behind the wall of silence -- Planet finance and the crash -- Going native -- Other people's money -- When the call comes -- Every man for himself -- Islands in the fog -- And now for some good news? -- Godverdomme -- Masters of the universe -- Life in the bubble -- 'Nobody likes...

This paper uses data from a 2002 survey of project managers in a large, U.S.-based financial services institution to compare how contractors and regular employees were assigned to work within an information technology department. The author uses these data to test standard core-periphery...