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Author Sowell, Thomas, 1930-

Title The housing boom and bust / Thomas Sowell.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2009]
©2009

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  332.7 S    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  332.7 SOWELL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  332.72 SOW    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  332.72 SOWELL    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  332.72 SO    Check Shelf
Description vii, 184 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-179) 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.
Subject Housing -- Prices -- United States.
Secondary mortgage market -- United States.
Subprime mortgage loans -- United States.
Financial crises -- United States.
ISBN 9780465018802
0465018807
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