| Description |
xxi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
The building blocks of the financial crisis -- The house price bubble ends, the foreclosure wave begins -- The credit bubble bursts, the financial crisis begins -- Who caused this disaster? -- Implications and solutions |
| Summary |
An in-depth look at the origins and development of the current financial crisis, from an economist and Washington insider. The author explains how a wide array of financial institutions, including mortgage banks, commercial bank and investment banks, created a credit bubble that supported non-prime mortgage lending, and inflated prices |
| Analysis |
Finance |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bank loans -- United States.
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Financial crises -- United States.
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Real property -- Prices -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001004604
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| LC no. |
2009035264 |
| ISBN |
0230615686 |
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9780230615687 |
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