Table of Contents
Cast of Main Characters ix
Preface xv
Introduction When the President Needed the Bankers 1
Chapter 1 The Early 1910s: Post-Panic Creature and Party Posturing 17
Chapter 2 The Mid-1910s: Bankers Go to War 40
Chapter 3 The Late 1910s: Peace Treaties and Domestic Politics 57
Chapter 4 The 1920s: Political Isolationism, Financial Internationalism 69
Chapter 5 1929: The Room at 23 Wall, Crash, and Big-Six Take 96
Chapter 6 The Early 1930s: Tenuous Times, Tax-Evading Titans 105
Chapter 7 The Mid- to Late 1930s: Policing Wall Street, World War II 135
Chapter 8 The Early to Mid-1940s: World War II, Bankers, and War Bucks 158
Chapter 9 The Late 1940s: World Reconstruction and Private Bankers 180
Chapter 10 The 1950s: Eisenhower's Buds, Cold War, Hot Money 196
Chapter 11 The Early 1960s: "Go-Go" Youth, Murders, and Global Finance 229
Chapter 12 The Mid- to Late 1960s: Progressive Policies and Bankers' Economy 251
Chapter 13 The Early to Mid-1970s: Corruption, Gold, Oil, and Bankruptcies 274
Chapter 14 The Late 1970s: Inflation, Hostages, and Bankers 301
Chapter 15 The Early to Mid-1980s: Free-Market Rules, Bankers Compete 319
Chapter 16 The Late 1980s: Third World Staggers, S&Ls Implode 340
Chapter 17 The Early to Mid-1990s: Killer Instinct, Bank Wars, and the Rise of Goldman Sachs 357
Chapter 18 The Late 1990s: Currency Crises and Glass-Steagall Demise 377
Chapter 19 The 2000s: Multiple Crises, the New Big Six, and Global Catastrophe 393
Glossary of Financial Terms 425
Acknowledgments 431
Notes 433
Index 503