From the Book - First edition.
Prologue : Dismissing corruption (June 27, 2016)
Money (ca. 650 BC-33 AD). Midas ; Jesus ; Aristotle
Crazy money (1873-1940). Europe ; The United States ; The late-born baron
The hydra (1980s-). "Eight mortal heads" ; Powers wielded : the scales ; Powers wielded : the pen and the mace ; Powers wielded : the purse ; Powers sabotaged ; Bowing to the money changers ; Tactics and countermoves ; Colluders
It throve on wounds (1870s-1945). Fighting the hydra : the cities ; Fighting the hydra : the countryside ; "It had needed a war"
The pattern (1980-). The turning (1980s) ; The validation (1980s-1990s) ; Courting calamity (1990s-)
Epilogue : Breaking the pattern (now).