Bibliograph

The great American housing bubble, the road to collapse, Robert M. Hardaway

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The great American housing bubble, the road to collapse, Robert M. Hardaway

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great American housing bubble

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

713022996

Responsibility statement

Robert M. Hardaway

Sub title

the road to collapse

Summary

"Examines the causes, both political and economic, of the American housing bubble, created between 1940 and 2007. Those causes encompass everything from federal income tax subsidies for housing to local exclusionary policies, banking, accounting, real estate appraisal, and credit agency rating practices and policies. The book also takes into account the impact of greed, government regulation, speculation, and psychology -- including blind faith in investment advisors -- on the creation of the greatest asset bubble in the economic history of the world. The author takes a comparative historical approach, examining the current crisis in the light of notorious bubbles of the past"--Publisher description

Table Of Contents

Overview : an allegory -- Blind faith -- Greed -- Regulation -- Local exclusionary practices -- Bubbles of the past -- Speculation -- Psychology -- Bankruptcy laws -- Banking practices and redlinin -- The Federal Reserve -- Tax policy -- Real estate practices -- Credit rating agencies -- Appraisers -- Accounting -- Fallout : the litigation mess -- Conclusions -- Glossary

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