The Housing Boom and Bust

This is a plain-English explanation of 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 the even more ?creative? marketing of financial securities based on American mortgages to countries around the world, are part of the story of how a financial house of cards was built up?and then suddenly collapsed.

The politics behind all this is another story full of strange twists. No punches are pulled when discussing politicians of either party, the financial dangers they created, or the distractions they created later to escape their own responsibility for what happened when the financial house of cards in the financial markets collapsed.

What to do, now that we are in the midst of an economic disaster, is yet another story?one whose ending we do not yet know, but one whose outlines and implications are explored to reveal some surprising and sobering lessons.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-21-2009; clear...concise...convincing; Thomas Sowell has written an explanation of the root causes of our present economic turmoil using wisdom, keen analysis, and common sense. This is the 43rd book by Sowell, who is 79 years old. Thought of mainly as an expert in Economic...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-16-2009; how could it do anything but bust; Thomas always explains things in a way that I can understand. i have done some of own research on the housing bust. bankers have told me that they no longer give aplicants advice when applying for a home loan. they no longer care if...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-12-2009; Timely, important, honest and accurate; With the death of Milton Friedman, 79 year-old Dr. Thomas Sowell is currently America's foremost economist. To the low graders who complained mainly that the esteemed Sowell 1) did not spread the spreads blame to all areas and 2) that...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-11-2009; Right on the money!; Thomas Sowell gets it absolutely right!! He concretely explains what went wrong and who is responsible. Reading this book should get you mad at Congress, the Senate, the President(s) and all the government officials that messed...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-21-2009; clear...concise...convincing; Thomas Sowell has written an explanation of the root causes of our present economic turmoil using wisdom, keen analysis, and common sense. This is the 43rd book by Sowell, who is 79 years old. Thought of mainly as an expert in Economic...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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