Table of Contents
Introduction: Financial Ashes vii
Cast of Characters xiii
Chapter 1 Angelo Speaks, the Worldwide Contagion Begins 1
Chapter 2 The Repo Man Meets the Bald Granny: A Short History of Subprime 23
Chapter 3 The Death of the Bailey Building and Loan, the Rise of Millionaire Loan Brokersand Countrywide 47
Chapter 4 The Beach Boys of B&C: How Roland Arnall Became the Johnny Appleseed of Subprime 73
Chapter 5 Angelo Rising: The Son of a Bronx Butcher Makes Good 103
Chapter 6 The Holy Roller of REITs 127
Chapter 7 The End of the (New) Century 149
Chapter 8 A Conspiracy by Merrill? 179
Chapter 9 A Warning from Lewie: CDOs, SIVs, and Other Things No One Understands 205
Chapter 10 Deep in the Belly of the Bear 227
Chapter 11 Armageddon Times: The Tan Man Departs, Bye-Bye Bear 249
Chapter 12 What the Hell Happened? Ten Bad Years for Housing in America 277
Chapter 13 TARP, the Great Recession, and the Return of Stan Kurland 309
Afterword TBTF: A Mortgage Cartel Rises from the Ashes 335
Source and Interview Notes 341
Glossary 351
Acknowledgments 359
About the Authors 361
Index 363
