Two-time Pulitzer finalist Jon Jeter reports on the freemarket reforms of the IMF and the World Bank, which in a single generation created a transnational underclass by imbibing a risky cocktail of deindustrialization, privatization, and anti-inflationary monetary policy that have led to the subprime mortgage scandal, the food crisis, and the fraying of traditional social bonds (marriage).

Pt. 1: Canaries in the mine. A new day : Zambia and free trade ; The night shift : Argentina and monetary policy ; Life and debt : Brazil and interest rates ; Power and light : South Africa and privatization -- Pt. 2: Chickens coming home to roost. Neoliberal Negroes : Chicago and democracy ; Deals with the devil and other reasons to riot : Malawi, Mexico, and food ; The plan : Washington, D.C., and housing ; Things fall apart : Chicago and family ; Sí, cago, voy : Chile, Venezuela, and hope for the future.