Turning to the United States, the story continues with the rise of Ronald Regan and the ushering in of the era of ‘The Markets.’ We see the introduction of the prevalence of bonds, rooted in the current day cycles of boom and bust. One example used to illustrate this is the junk bonds that funded the creation of casinos throughout Las Vegas which in turn fuelled prolific centralisation of wealth and the rewarding of greed with risk. This is also later explained with the interfacing of junk bonds with superannuation and pension funds. The story also pivots around James Goldsmith, a ‘financier’ and tycoon, and how he became one of the richest men in the world; also showing the elements of the use of the hostile takeover and the euphemism, “downsizing.”