| Preface: The Political Economics of Deception | ||
| Introduction: The Panic of August | p. 1 | |
| Finance: The New Real Economy? | p. 29 | |
| Bullnomics: Its Favoritism and Fictions | p. 69 | |
| Securitization: The Insecurity of It All | p. 96 | |
| Peak Oil: A Potential Pivot of the 2010s | p. 120 | |
| The Politics of Evasion: Debt, Finance, and Oil | p. 154 | |
| The Global Crisis of American Capitalism | p. 179 | |
| Global Public Opinion and the Loss of Respect for the United States, 2003-7 | p. 211 | |
| Notes | p. 215 | |
| Index | p. 231 |