All the presidents' bankers: the hidden alliances that drive American power

When the President needed the bankers

The early 1910s : post-panic creature and party posturing

The mid-1910s : bankers go to war

The late 1910s : peace treaties and domestic politics

The 1920s : political isolationism, financial internationalism

1929 : the room at 23 Wall, crash, and Big-Six take

The early 1930s : tenuous times, tax-evading titans

The mid- to late 1930s : policing Wall Street, World War II

The early to mid-1940s : World War II, bankers, and war bucks

The late 1940s : world reconstruction and private bankers

The 1950s : Eisenhower's buds, Cold War, hot money

The early 1960s : "go-go" youth, murders, and global finance

The mid- to late 1960s : progressive policies and bankers' economy

The early to mid-1970s : corruption, gold, oil, and bankruptcies

The late 1970s : inflation, hostages, and bankers

The early to mid-1980s : free-market rules, bankers compete

The late 1980s : Third World staggers, S&Ls implode

The early to mid-1990s : killer instinct, bank wars. and the rise of Goldman Sachs

The late 1990s : currency crises and Glass-Steagall demise

The 2000 : multiple crises, the new Big Six, and global catastrophe.