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The housing boom and bust
- Title
- The housing boom and bust / Thomas Sowell.
- Author
- Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, [2009], ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HG2040.25 .S69 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 184 pages; 25 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-179) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Economics of the Housing Boom -- 2. The Politics of the Housing Boom -- 3. The Housing Bust -- 4. Housing Mystiques and Housing Mistakes -- 5. The Past and the Future.
- ISBN
- 9780465018802
- 0465018807
- LCCN
- 2009925585
- OCLC
- ocn303032174
- 303032174
- SCSB-9052240
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