Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Great Recession The damage done and the rot revealed -- The Great Recession's Trigger Housing bubble leads to jobs crisis -- The Policy Response to the Great Recession What was done and did it work? -- The Great Recession Ended More Than a Year Ago- so, " Mission Accomplished"? -- The Cracked Foundation Revealed by the Great Recession -- Where to from Here? -- Bibliography -- About EPI -- About the Author.