A middle class requires democracy -- There is no "free" market -- How we the people create the middle class -- The rise of the corporatocracy -- Democracy requires a middle class -- The myth of the greedy founders -- Thomas Paine against the freeloaders -- Taxation without representation -- James Madison versus the business of war -- FDR and the economic royalists -- Governing for we the people -- Too important for the private sector -- Knowledge is power -- Medicine for health, not for profit -- The truth about the trust fund -- Setting the rules of the game -- Leveling the playing field -- Conclusion: the road to victory