Architects of Ruin: How Big Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy--and How They Will Do It Again If No One Stops Them Book

Introduction: A Failure of Capitalism-or Liberal Social Engineering? ix

1 The Robin Hood Agenda 1

How a Gang of Radical Activists and Liberal Politicians Set the Stage for the Biggest Bank Heist in History

2 $4 Trillion Shakedown: The Left's Activist Jihad Against American Banks 28

3 The Clinton Crusade: How Democrats Made Credit a Civil Right 46

4 Cover Your Fannie: How Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Were Taken Over by Liberal Activists 76

5 The Golden Trough: How Liberal Politicians Used Fannie and Freddie to Rig the Real Estate Market While Lining Their Own Pockets 104

6 Do-Good Capitalists: Bill Clinton's Seduction of Wall Street and the Birth of the Bailout Culture 120

7 Minority Meltdown: A Tale of Two Bubbles 152

8 Robin Hood Comes to the White House: How Barack Obama's Plans to Use Liberal State Capitalism Will Create the Next Big Economic Meltdown 167

Acknowledgments 185

Notes 189

Index 211