Up from the basement : the CFPB begins to take shape -- The shattered mortgage market -- Auto lending : the deals and the dealers -- The CFPB in action : did the Consumer Bureau get what it needed to do what was necessary?

Just the way she planned -- The over-consumption myth -- Mom: the all-purpose safety net -- The myth of the immoral debtor -- Going it alone in a two-income world -- The cement life raft -- The financial fire drill

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Americans in Financial Crisis -- Chapter 2: Middle-Class and Broke: The Demography of Bankruptcy -- Chapter 3: Unemployed or Underemployed -- Chapter 4: Credit Cards -- Chapter 5: Sickness and Injury -- Chapter...