Prologue: "The hippopotamus under the rug" -- The most certain man in the world -- Triumph -- The stealth ideologue -- The rise of Rubinomics -- Larry and Joe -- Portrait of a contrarian -- Children of the boom -- The high tide of hubris -- The last guy at the Alamo -- Reaganites redux -- The canary in the mine -- The king of the street -- Last gathering of the faithful -- Blown away -- Geithner cleans up (with Bernanke at his back) -- Too big to jail -- Larry and Joe (again).