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Author:
Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
Title:
The housing boom and bust / Thomas Sowell.
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Publisher:
Basic Books
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xi, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Housing--Prices--United States.
Secondary mortgage market--United States.
Subprime mortgage loans--United States.
Financial crises--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-225) and index.
Contents:
The economics of the housing boom -- The politics of the housing boom -- The housing bust -- Housing mystiques and housing mistakes -- The past and the future.
Summary:
Explains how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics of the housing boom and bust. The "creative" financing of home mortgages and "creative" marketing of financial securities based on these mortgages to countries around the world, are part of the story of how a financial house of cards was built up--and then collapsed.
ISBN:
0465019862 (pbk.)
9780465019861 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)424560304
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

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