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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v37.i34.records.utf8:22810385:1560
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01560cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2009925585
003 DLC
005 20090811144410.0
008 090331s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng d
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn303032174
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050 00 $aHG2040.25$b.S69 2009
082 00 $a332.7/20973$222
100 1 $aSowell, Thomas,$d1930-
245 14 $aThe housing boom and bust /$cThomas Sowell.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2009.
300 $avii, 184 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-179) and index.
520 $aExplains 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.
650 0 $aHousing$xPrices$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSecondary mortgage market$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSubprime mortgage loans$zUnited States.
650 0 $aFinancial crises$zUnited States.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2009925585-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2009925585-d.html