Thriving in the New Economy: Lessons from Today's Top Business Minds -- Contents -- Foreword: H. Wayne Huizenga -- Preface -- Part One: The Economy -- Chapter 1: Larry Lindsey -- The First Economic Avalanche -- The Best Offense Is a Good Defense -- Thriving Criteria -- Ahead of the Crisis -- The Next Shoe to Drop -- Law of Unintended Consequences -- Risks in Believing in Solely on History -- Candor Is Key -- The Next Phase -- Grappling with the Crisis -- Leadership in the Financing Phase -- Prospering in this New Economy -- Chapter 2: Steve Forbes -- Defining the New Economy -- Kick-Starting the New Economy -- Using History as a Guide for the Future -- Future of Magazines -- Looking Ahead to the Future -- Chapter 3: David Malpass -- Markets Post Lehman Brothers -- Finding Inflection Points -- New Economy Strategy -- Chapter 4: Jack Bogle -- Liquidity Puts -- Rise of the Financial System -- Economic Resiliency -- Successful Investing -- Emotional Investing -- Riding Out the Risk -- Chapter 5: Bob Doll -- From Waterfall Decline to Base Building -- Looking Ahead: Deflation versus Reflation -- Reaching a Bottom -- The Road to Recovery -- When Flat Isn't Flat -- Chapter 6: Abby Joseph Cohen -- Staying Ahead of the Curve -- September Meltdown -- Handling Intense Situations -- Nimble -- Be Out of Consensus, If Appropriate -- Managing Clients' Expectations -- Using a Crisis to Your Advantage -- Investing in Green -- Facing the Problem Head On -- Chapter 7: Paul McCulley -- The Need for Capitalism -- The New Economy -- Emerging Opportunities -- Investment Strategies -- How PIMCO Is Thriving in the New Economy -- Being an Educator -- Thriving in the New Economy -- Chapter 8: Ron Baron -- Learning from Mistakes -- No Sleep -- Looking for Leadership -- Realizing Opportunities -- Thriving Strategies -- Obama Administration Investing -- Get Excited.

Investing Criteria -- Chapter 9: Ken Langone -- Economic Reality -- New Economy Strategy -- Investing Criteria -- Chapter 10: Peter Cohen -- Anticipating the Crisis -- House in Order -- All about Leverage -- Analyzing the Situation and Creating Opportunity -- Where to Put Your Money -- New Age in Business -- Protecting Wealth -- Leading by Example -- Characterizing the New Economy -- Strategies to Thrive in the New Economy -- Looking for Opportunity -- Going Forward to the Past -- Examples of Keeping Your Mind and Brain Open to Good Ideas -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12: Jerry York -- Analyzing the Situation -- Lehman Brothers' Downfall and Managing through the Turmoil -- Future of Autos -- Credit Is King -- Investing Criteria -- Part Two: BANKING -- Chapter 13: Kelly King -- The Call to Let Lehman Brothers Fail -- Using History as a Guide -- Being Prepared for a Crisis -- What Went Wrong -- Taking TARP -- Public Backlash -- Keeping the Lines of Communication Open -- Thriving Game Plan -- Seizing the Opportunities -- Growing in the New Economy -- Thriving Criteria -- Chapter 14: Donald Powell -- Uncle Sam to the Rescue -- Thriving in the New Economy -- Planning Ahead -- Qualities of a Leader -- Future of Banking -- The Untold Story -- Game On -- Chapter 15: Cam Fine -- Fall 2008-A September to Remember -- ''Let Them Eat Cake'' -- ICBA Grassroots Effort -- Main Street's Economic Purpose -- The ICBA Strategy -- Using Proven Principles of Banking as Core Strategies Works -- Chapter 16: Donald Marron -- Advising Clients -- Fall of Lehman Brothers -- United States Seizes Control of AIG -- A Crisis Like No Other -- Seizing Opportunity -- Investment Landscape -- Transparency and Restructuring Positives -- Lay of the Economic Land -- Bottom Line -- Part Three: Real Estate -- Chapter 17: Richard LeFrak -- Putting a Strategy Together Post-Lehman Brothers.

Managing Through the Credit Crisis -- Assessing Liabilities and Creating Opportunities -- Optimist at Heart -- ''Bad Bank'' Opportunity -- Investing in ''Toxic'' Assets -- Thriving Strategies -- Chapter 18: Don Peebles -- Timing Your Opportunity -- Location, Location, Location -- Not Abandoning Old Strategies -- Building from Nothing -- It's All About Timing -- Challenges on the Horizon -- Time Check -- Chapter 19: Ron Peltier -- Buildup of Subprime -- Unwinding of Credit -- Unwinding in Order to Thrive -- Thriving Strategies -- Silver Lining -- Part Four: Autos -- Chapter 20: Mike Jackson -- Harbinger of Things to Come -- New Economy Rears Its Challenging Head -- Disaster Plan Put to the Test -- Chapter 21: Jim Lentz -- Disaster Plan -- Future of Autos -- Game Plan Timeline -- Weathering the Storm -- Circumventing the Credit Crunch -- Planning Ahead -- Caveat to Autos' Future -- The Toyota Way -- Chapter 22: Gerald Greenwald -- Opportunities -- Creating a Strategy -- Buying Criteria -- Future of the Transportation Industry -- Airline Turbulence -- Auto Transformation -- Deja Vu -- Paying Uncle Sam Back -- Fast-Forward to Today -- Steps for Autos to Thrive -- The Nuts and Bolts of the Auto Industry -- Green Push -- Investing Strategies -- Thriving Indicators -- Part Five: Retail -- Chapter 23: Steve Sadove -- Volatility and Consumer Confidence -- Too Much Inventory -- New Economy Strategy -- Controlling What We Can Control -- Pulse of the Consumer -- Communicating -- Part Six: Opportunities -- Chapter 24: Wilbur Ross -- Epilogue -- Afterword: Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- Acknowledgments -- About The Author -- Index.