When Lehman Brothers went down in an inglorious heap a little more than a year ago, anxiety went viral. It seemed unfathomable that an established firm could be worth so much less than people thought—a good deal less than zero, as it turned out. Although relative calm has been restored, the sense of uncertainty about worth still lingers and is a common thread in many of the stories in this issue.
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The Dow Zero Insurgency
- A ragtag band of apocalyptic financial bloggers is on the rise.
Are We Born Cheap?- What if thrift is something that’s inherited, rather than learned?
The Markup on Manning- The deceptive math behind Eli Manning’s historic contract.
The Madoff Exiles- Victims of the $65 billion Ponzi scheme feel cast out, denied justice, forgotten.
Bargain-Basement Skyscrapers- Scavenging the skyline with a leading real-estate vulture.
The Micro-Economy of Union Square- New York's commercial powerhouse neighborhood.
The Thrift Index
- A 100-person poll on spending and saving.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Out of Darkness
Inspecting Donald Judd's Loft Building 
The Judy Blume File
Exit Poll: Lauryn Hill
Fashionables: Little White Dresses
Summer Rental Fantasies
Adam Platt on Lafayette
The New Israeli Cuisine
Welcome to the Real Space Age
The Stop-and-Frisk Trials of Pedro Serrano
Matt Harvey, Pitch by Phenomenal Pitch
Joe Hynes Gets His Television Show
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