| 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 |