A First-Class Catastrophe

CONTENTS

Copyright Notice

Cast of Characters

Author’s Note

PART ONE: VANISHING BORDERS

1. Silver Thursday

2. Bright Ideas

3. Chicago vs. New York

4. Shifting Gears

5. A Deal in D.C.

6. Stock Futures, Bond Failures

PART TWO: TITANS AND WIZARDS

7. A Plague from Oklahoma

8. Bulls and Banks

9. Chicago Rising

10. Arbitrage and Accommodation

11. Banks on the Brink

PART THREE: CONTAGION

12. Mergers and Mutations

13. Berkeley Rising, Banks Falling

14. Witching Hours

15. Rational Markets?

16. Pandora’s Portfolios

17. January Omens, July Alarms

PART FOUR: RECKONING

18. The Worst Weeks Ever

20. Juggling Hand Grenades

21. Placing Blame, Dodging Reality

Acknowledgments

Also by Diana B. Henriques

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