Introduction -- "The Heart of Contemporary Capitalism": The Partners and their Bank -- J.P. Morgan & Co. at home and abroad in the 1920s -- The Young Plan, the Bank for International Settlements and the Wall Street Crash, 1929-30 -- "The End of the World"? The 1931 Crises -- "Witchcraft": J.P....

The modern deal -- KKR, Sungard and the private equity phenomenon -- Accredited home lenders and the attack of the MAC -- United Rentals, Cerberus, and the private equity implosion -- Dubai ports, Merrill Lynch, and the sovereign wealth fund problem -- Bear Stearns and the moral hazard principle...