Saving capitalism from the capitalists : unleashing the power of financial markets to create wealth and spread opportunity / Raghuram G. Rajan & Luigi Zingales.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-357) and index.

Part I: The benefits of free financial markets -- Does finance benefit only the rich? -- Shylock transformed -- The financial revolution and individual economic freedom -- The dark side of finance -- The bottom line on financial development -- Part II: When do financial markets emerge? -- The taming of the government -- The impediments to financial development -- When does finance develop? -- Part III: The great reversal -- The great reversal between wars -- Why was the market suppressed? -- The decline and fall of relationship capitalism -- Part IV: How can markets be made more viable politically -- The challenges ahead -- Saving capitalism from the capitalists.