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• Table of Contents
• Commissioners
• Commissioner votes
• Staff list
• Preface
• Conclusions of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
• Part I: Crisis on the Horizon
  • Chapter 1: Before Our Very Eyes
• Part II: Setting the Stage
  • Chapter 2: Shadow Banking
  • Chapter 3: Securitization and Derivatives
  • Chapter 4: Deregulation Redux
  • Chapter 5: Subprime Lending
• Part III: The Boom and Bust
  • Chapter 6: Credit Expansion and Conclusion
  • Chapter 7: The Mortgage Machine and Conclusion
  • Chapter 8: The CDO Machine and Conclusion
  • Chapter 9: All In and Conclusion
  • Chapter 10: The Madness and Conclusion
  • Chapter 11: The Bust and Conclusion
• Part IV: The Unraveling
  • Chapter 12: Early 2007: Spreading subprime Worries and Conclusion
  • Chapter 13: Summer 2007: Disruptions in Funding and Conclusion
  • Chapter 14: Late 2007 to Early 2008: Billions in Subprime Losses and Conclusion
  • Chapter 15: March 2008: The Fall of Bear Stearns and Conclusion
  • Chapter 16: March to August 2008: Systemic Risk Concerns and Conclusion
  • Chapter 17: September 2008: The Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Conclusion
  • Chapter 18: September 2008: The Bankruptcy of Lehman and Conclusion
  • Chapter 19: September 2008: The Bailout of AIG and Conclusion
  • Chapter 20: Crisis and Panic and Conclusion
• Part V: The Aftershocks
  • Chapter 21: The Economic Fallout
  • Chapter 22: The Foreclosure Crisis and Conclusion
• Dissenting Views By Keith Hennessey, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, and Bill Thomas
• Dissenting Views By Peter J. Wallison
• Appendix A: Glossary
• Appendix B: List of Hearings and Witnesses
• Notes
• Index
• Errata