Introduction: 13 Bankers		3
1 Thomas Jefferson and the Financial Aristocracy		14
2 Other People's Oligarchs		39
3 Wall Street Rising: 1980—		57
4 "Greed Is Good": The Takeover		88
5 The Best Deal Ever		120
6 Too Big to Fail		153
7 The American Oligarchy: Six Banks		189
Notes		223
Further Reading		275
Acknowledgments		279
Index		281