There was a terrific novel with a story like this: The Ropespinner Conspiracy by Michael Thomas. His main characters Manning Mallory (think Jamie Dimon) and Waldo Chamberlain (think White) conspire to produce a financial and banking system that eventually implodes. The idea is for them to defect to Moscow and announce what they did as the final act to blowing up the West. The title is based on the famous communist quote about selling us the rope to hang ourselves:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ropespinner-Conspiracy-Michael-Thomas/dp/0446346764
Thanks for that! Looks really good. Wish I could download onto Kindle......but the paperbacks are inexpensive. :-)