CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Author’s Note

Introduction: What Caused the Great Recession
(in Three Scenes and One Phone Call)

I: OUR JOBS

One: The Pink Slip Club

Two: Down by the Banks of the Ohio

Three: Innovating the Jobs Away

Four: Even Bankers Can Be Unemployed

II: OUR HOMES

Five: Show Me the Mortgage

Six: Bubble Birth Control

Seven: Underwater and Up the Creek

Eight: Strategic Default

Nine: An Upright Man

Ten: The House Belongs to Them

Eleven: An Old-Fashioned Foreclosure with a Modern Twist

III: OUR SAVINGS

Twelve: Three Investors

Thirteen: Rich or Poor, It’s Good to Have Money

Fourteen: The Perfect Twofer

Conclusion: Down Is a Dangerous Direction

To Be Continued …

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