Down the up escalator: how the 99 percent live in the Great Recession

Introduction: What caused the Great Recession (in three scenes and one phone call) --

Our jobs. --

Pink slip club --

Down by the banks of the Ohio --

Innovating the jobs away --

Even bankers can be unemployed --

Our homes. --

Show me the mortgage --

Bubble birth control --

Underwater and up the creek --

Strategic default --

An upright man --

House belongs to them --

An old-fashioned foreclosure with a modern twist --

Our savings. --

Three investors --

Rich or poor, it's good to have money --

Perfect twofer --

Down is a dangerous direction --

To be continued... --

Influences, debts, and love.