From the former Treasury Secretary, this title offers an account of the unprecedented effort to save the US economy from collapse in the wake of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression. It is also an insider's account of how the Obama administration saved the economy but lost the American people.

INTRODUCTION : The Bombs ONE: An American Abroad TWO: An Education in Crisis THREE: Leaning Against the Wind FOUR: Letting It Burn FIVE: The Fall SIX: "We're Going to Fix This" SEVEN: Into the Fire EIGHT: Plan Beats No Plan NINE: Gerring Better, Feeling Worse TEN: The Fight for Reform ELEVEN: Aftershocks EPILOGUE: Reflections on Financial Crises TRIVUTE TO THE CRISIS TEAM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES INDEX