Contents

With Special Thanks to ...

Exploration

1. In My Beginning Is My End

2. The World’s Mine Oyster

3. The Global Bazaar

4. The Home Stretch to a New Jerusalem?

5. From Tulips to Subprime to ...

6. Why Should I Do Anything for Posterity?

7. Faust and the Rich Young Man

8. In My End Is My Beginning

Acknowledgments