The definitive account of the housing bubble that caused the Great Recession—and earned Wall Street fantastic profits. The American housing bubble of the 2000
This meticulously documented work sets forth the major causes of the greatest asset bubble in world economic history—the American housing bubble, which began
The Great American Housing Bubble started in the nineteen-thirties and burst in 2006. Bubbles always burst, and because this one's bursting caused a severe fina
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 o
The United States suffers from a shortage of well-placed homes. This was true even at the peak of the housing boom in 2005. Using a broad array of evidence on h