A chronicle of the events that led to the current economic troubles cites the promotion of the idea that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns, and traces the roles played by a few powerful individuals.

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Revolution -- Prologue Lewis Uhler believer -- Walter Wriston regulatory revoltá -- Milton Friedman proselytizer -- Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns political expediencyá -- Joe Flom the hostile takeover -- Ivan Boesky wanting it all -- Walter Wriston II bailing out citibank -- Ronald Reagan the making of an ideology -- Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steveáross size becomes strategy -- Jimmy Carter and Charles Schultze capitulation -- Howard Jarvis tapping the anger -- Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan revolution completed -- The new guard -- Tom Peters and Jack Welch promises broken -- Michael Milken "the magnificent" -- Alan Greenspan ideologue -- George Soros and John Meriwether fabulous wealth and controversial power -- Sandy Weill king of the world -- Sandy Weill, Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, and Ken Lay decade of deceit -- Angelo Mozilo, the American tragedy -- Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, Chuck Prince collapse.