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Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Home Ownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis

By Johan Norberg

Book information

Publisher
Cato Institute
Year
2009
ISBN
1935308130, 9781935308133
LCC
HD7287.82.U6 N67 2009
Open Library ID
OL23621900M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
321 kB (328917 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
208\0
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Financial Fiasco digs deep into the foundation of the economic meltdown, revealing how it was the product of conscious actions by decision makers in companies, government agencies, political institutions, and consumers. An easily accessible work written for general readers, Financial Fiasco tells the compelling story of how rate cutting by the Federal Reserve inflated the real estate market and fueled increased risk-taking in the financial markets; how new government policies to promote home ownership blasted air into the credit bubble; how new financial instruments, credit-rating requirements, and accounting rules intended to prevent cheating backfired; and much more. Financial Fiasco guides readers through a world of irresponsible behavior, warns that many of the solutions being implemented are repeating the mistakes that caused the crisis, and offers guidance on how to move forward.

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