pt. 1. Bubble trouble -- Irrational exuberance -- Portents abroad -- Greenspanomics -- Crony capitalism, U.S.A. -- pt. 2. Fuzzy math -- The bait -- And the switch -- 2-1=4 -- pt. 3. Victors and spoils -- Things pull apart -- The private interest -- Exploiting September 11 -- A vast conspiracy? -- pt. 4. When markets go bad -- California screaming -- Smog and mirrors -- Foreign disasters -- pt. 5. The wider view -- Global schmobal -- Economics and economists -- pt. 5. War and terror -- Dollars and cents -- Abuses of power