TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE -- ONE: THE PRINCIPLE OF COOPERATION -- THE GIANT MODERN CORPORATION -- THE RISE OF FINANCE -- "INDUSTRY IS CARRIED ON FOR THE SAKE OF BUSINESS" -- LAISSEZ-FAIRE -- THE RISE OF INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION -- THE PRINCIPLE OF COOPERATION -- THE NEED FOR COOPERATION -- THE LIMITS OF COOPERATION -- STANDARD OIL AND THE TRUST -- TWO: SANCTUARY -- THE POWER OF THE STATES -- WHY NEW JERSEY? -- THE LEGAL FOUNDATION OF THE GIANT CORPORATION -- THE NEW JERSEY COURTS -A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY -- YOU NEVER HAVE TO LIVE IN JERSEY AND OTHER FEATURES -- WHERE WERE THE OTHER STATES? -- THREE: TRANSCENDENTAL VALUE -- OVERCAPITALIZATION -- A QUESTION OF VALUE -- THE LEGAL BACKGROUND OF WATERED STOCK: THE CONCEPT OF PAR VALUE -- WATERING STOCK -- WATERED STOCK IN ACTION: THE CASE OF U.S. STEEL -- DEFENDING OVERCAPITALIZATION -- THE WATER WAS DEEP -- CAPITALIZATION VERSUS REAL CAPITAL -- WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM? -- TRANSCENDENTAL VALUE -- FOUR: THE NEW PROPERTY -- FROM DEPRESSION TO PROSPERITY -- THE MODERN MARKET -- SOCIALIZING THE MARKET -- SPECULATION -A MATTER OF KNOWLEDGE -- FIVE: THE COMPLEX WHOLE -- THE FAILURE OF FEDERAL INCORPORATION -- A PRELUDE TO FEDERAL INCORPORATION - THE CHICAGO CONFERENCE ON TRUSTS -- FROM ANTITRUST TO FEDERAL INCORPORATION -- ROOSEVELT DISCOVERS THE TRUSTS -- SIX: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING -- THE FEDERAL INCORPORATION ERA -- THE LITTLEFIELD BILL OF 1903 -- THE FAILURE OF THE LITTLEFIELD BILL -- SOUND AND FURY -THE FIRST REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS -- SEVEN: PANIC AND PROGRESS -- THE PANIC OF 1907 -- ROOSEVELT'S LAST CHANCE -FEDERAL INCORPORATION, THE HEPBURN BILL AND THE FAINT BEGINNINGS OF INVESTOR PROTECTION -- THE ROOTS OF SECURITIES REGULATION -- CAPITAL VERSUS THE CONSUMER: SECURITIES REGULATION THROUGH THE RAILROADS -- EIGHT: THE SPECULATION ECONOMY.

THE NEW SPECULATION -- THE NEW SPECULATION TAKES ROOT -- THE NEW COMMON STOCKHOLDER -- OLD-FASHIONED SPECULATION AND THE SECOND NEW ERA -- NINE: THE END OF REFORM -- THE DEMOCRATS RETURN -- WILSON AND BUSINESS -- THE COLLECTIVE SOCIETY -- THE FEDERAL RESERVE -- THE PUJO COMMITTEE -- THE OWEN BILL -- INCORPORATING THE EXCHANGES - THE PATH TO ENFORCEMENT -- THE END OF BUSINESS PROGRESSIVISM -- JUST BELIEVE -- PROPHET OF PROSPERITY -- TEN: MMUFACTURIIVG SECURITIES -- WALL STREET IN A TIME OF WAR -- THE CAPITAL ISSUES COMMITTEE -- THREE WAVES OF MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND THE RISE OF MODERN SECURITIES REGULATION -- MODERN SECURITIES REGULATION: THE LEGAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE SPECULATION ECONOMY -- EPILOGUE -- THE MANAGERIAL ERA -- SEPARATING STOCK FROM BUSINESS -- THE RELEASE OF THE SPECULATION ECONOMY -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- ABOUT BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS -- BE CONNECTED.