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Contagion: The Financial Epidemic That is Sweeping the Global Economy... and How to Protect Yourself from It

ISBN: 978-0-470-44221-0
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272 pages
December 2008
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Preface.

Chapter 1. Bamboozled.

Chapter 2. What Didn't Cause the U.S. Housing Boom and Bust.

Chapter 3. What Did Cause the U.S. Housing Boom and Bust.

Chapter 4. The Contagion Spreads from Sub-Prime to Prime.

Chapter 5. How Low Will Housing Prices Go in the U.S.?

Chapter 6. The U.S. Economy Was Not in Great Shape to Begin With.

Chapter 7. U.S. Enters a Long Recession.

Chapter 8. The Global Economy Catches the Contagion.

Chapter 9. Too Big to Fail—The $400 Trillion Derivatives Market.

Chapter 10. Our Local Governments Feel the Pinch.

Chapter 11. From Wall Street to Main Street.

Chapter 12. Demographics Magnify Contagion.

Chapter 13. Which Investments and Which Countries Will Weather the Storm the Best?

Chapter 14. Stop the Bleeding.

Chapter 15. No Future without Reform.

Chapter 16. A Warning Shot Across Our Bow.

References.

About the Author.

Index.

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