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.