Introduction

Part I: Roots of the Crisis

1. Wall Street: Crime Never Sleeps

2. The Logics of Finance: Abuse of Power and Systemic Crisis

3. America's Ponzi Culture

4. Bernie Madoff, Finance Capital, and the Anomic Society

Part II: Enablers of Fraud

5. Unaccountable External Auditors and Their Role in the Economic Meltdown

6. And Some with a Fountain Pen: Mortgage Fraud, Securitization, and the Subprime Bubble.

7. Generating the Alpha Return: How Ponzi Schemes Lure the Unwary in an Unregulated Market

Part III: Perverted Justice

8. The Technological Advantages of Stock Market Traders

9. Why CEOs Are Able to Loot with Impunity—and Why It Matters

10.The Façade of Enforcement: Goldman Sachs, Negotiated Prosecution,and the Politics of Blame

Part IV: Perspectives from Afar

11. Reappraising Regulation: The Politics of "Regulatory Retreat" in the United Kingdom

12. How They Still Try to Get Away with It: Crime in the Dutch Real Estate Sector Before and After the Crisis

13. Economic and Financial Criminality in Portugal

14. 14. Greece "For Sale": Casino Economy and State-Corporate Crime

15. Financial Fraud in China: A Structural Examination of Law and Law Enforcement

Epilogue Can They Still Get Away with It?

Appendix A Short (Global) History of Financial Meltdowns

Contributors

Index