Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
PART I: The Political Bubble
Why Washington Allows Financial Crises to Occur
CHAPTER 1
Bubble Expectations 31
CHAPTER 2
Ideology 38
CHAPTER 3
Interests 71
CHAPTER 4
Institutions 90
CHAPTER 5
The Political Bubble of the Crisis of 2008 117
PART II: Pops
Why Washington Delays in Solving Financial Crises
CHAPTER 6
Historical Lessons of the Responses to Pops 153
CHAPTER 7
The Pop of 2008 184
CHAPTER 8
“Pop”ulism 228
CHAPTER 9
How to Waste a Crisis 251
Epilogue 275
Notes 283
Bibliography 305
Name Index 327
Subject Index 333