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