Dean Starkman is based in New York and covers Wall Street as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. A reporter for two decades, he worked for eight years as a Wall Street Journal staff writer and was chief of the Providence Journal's investigative unit. He helped lead the Providence Journal to the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Investigations. Martha M. Hamilton is a contributor to the Washington Post's "Get There," a section on money and its power to change lives. She is also the author, along with former Post colleague Warren Brown, of Black and White and Red All Over. Ryan Chittum is a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review and a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal. He has written for numerous other publications, including the New York Times. He is also a contributor to Bad News: How America's Business Press Missed the Story of the Century.

IntroductionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Business Unusual1. The Billionaire, the Dealer, and the $186 Million Rothko, by Stephanie Baker and Hugo Miller2. "Let's, Like, Demolish Laundry," by Jessica Pressler3. Monopoly's Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn't Pass "Go", by Mary Pilon4. The Ur-Deli, by Jordan WeismanPart II. Labor and Its Discontents5. The Price of Nice Nails, by Sarah Maslin Nir6. Are Slaves Catching the Fish You Buy?, by Robin McDowell, Margie Mason, and Martha Mendoza7. The Assistant Economy, by Francesca Mari8. Can the U.S. Ever Fix Its Messed-Up Maternity Leave System?, by Claire Suddath9. The Homeless Man Who Works in the Senate, by Catherine Rampell10. Smothered by a Boom in Banking, by Gretchen MorgensonPart III. Technology: Behind the Screen11. The Pro Dumpster Diver Who's Making Thousands Off America's Biggest Retailers, by Randall Sullivan12. The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed, by Adrian Chen13. Amazon Must Be Stopped, by Franklin Foer14. Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program, by Alexis C. MadrigalPart IV. Business Accountability15. Boom: North America's Expensive Oil-by-Rail Problem, by Marcus Stern and Sebastian Jones16. Firestone and the Warlord, by T. Christian Miller and Jonathan Jones17. Lobbyists, Bearing Gifts, Pursue Attorneys General, by Eric Lipton18. Killer Pharmacy: Inside a Medical Mass Murder Case, by Kurt Eichenwald19. Gasping for Action, by Raquel RutledgePart V. Financial Follies20. Young Financier's Insurance Empire Collapses, by Mark Maremont and Leslie Scism21. This Twenty-Seven-Year-Old Made Millions Riding the Death Spirals of Penny Stocks, by Zeke Faux22. The Greatest Tax Story Ever Told, by Zachary Mider23. How Wall Street Captured Washington's Effort to Rein in Banks, by Charles Levinson24. How an Undocumented Immigrant from Mexico Became a Star at Goldman Sachs, by Max AbelsonList of ContributorsPermissions

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