Introduction -- First impressions -- Trading robots and social cues -- Animating the market -- Models and reflexivity -- Managers -- Performative spirals -- Norms -- Resonance -- The global financial crisis -- Scandal -- When all is said and done -- Conclusion.

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...