Screen LibraryGuaranteed to fail : fannie mae, freddie mac, and the debacle of mortgage finance /
The financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
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[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Course Book. |
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The financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400838097 |
| Index Number: | HG2040 |
| CLC: | F830.5 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- ONE. Feeding the Beast -- TWO. Ticking Time Bomb -- THREE. Race to the Bottom -- FOUR. Too Big to Fail -- FIVE. End of Days -- SIX. In Bed with the Fed -- SEVEN. How Others Do It -- EIGHT. How to Reform a Broken System -- NINE. Chasing the Dragon -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Timeline of U.S. Housing Finance Milestones -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index. |