Foreword / by Congressman Barney Frank -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How did we ever get into this mess? -- Elizabeth Warren has a notion -- The magic moment for reform -- Activists need leaders, too -- Coalescing the coalition -- The battle in the house -- Wanted : a few votes in the Senate -- Auto dealers drive for an exemption -- Preemption : the role of state reformers -- What did the advocates accomplish and how? -- Afterword: backward and forward with Elizabeth Warren / by Norman I. Silber -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index
Summary
This provocative and accessible narrative recounts the inside story of how a broad-based people's campaign was mobilized and subsequently succeeded in pushing Congress to create a consumer financial regulator with clout
