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Debt Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Financial crises United States History 21st century Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Mortgage loans Mortgages Mortgages Government policy United States Subprime mortgage loans United States United States Economic policy 2001-2009 Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) History 21st centuryPorterfield, Jason
Summary: A home is often the most expensive purchase a person makes in his or her lifetime. Whether it's a single-family house or a unit in a condominium or co-op building, the total price is usually far more than what most people can pay at once. Many people cover the cost by borrowing money from a bank or lender through a mortgage loan. This detailed and informative resource clearly describes the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen YA 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 332.7 PORSummary: "Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSRedleaf, Andrew.
Summary: [The authors] reveal the Crash of 2008 as the "predictable outcome of an ideology that has dominated the American financial establishment for upwards of forty years." This "ideology of modern finance" replaced the capitalist's appreciation for free markets as a context for human creativity with the worship of efficient markets as substitutes for that creativity. The capitalist understands free...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Richard Vigilante Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.64273 REDLowenstein, Roger.
Summary: The roots of the mortgage bubble, the story of the Wall Street collapse, and the government's unprecedented response are captured in this blow-by-blow account of "the end of Wall Street" by one of our most trusted business journalists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.64 LOWElias, Stephen
Summary: "If you're one of the millions of Americans in danger of losing your house, The Foreclosure Survival Guide provides the practical information you need,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.04 ELISowell, Thomas
Summary: Describes how the granting of subprime mortgages and the packaging of these loans into investment vehicles sold around the world played a significant role in the current worldwide financial crisis, and analyzes new policies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.72 SOWTaylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta
Summary: "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor offers a ... chronicle of the twilight of redlining and the introduction of conventional real estate practices into the Black urban market, uncovering a transition from racist exclusion to predatory inclusion. Widespread access to mortgages across the United States after World War II cemented homeownership as fundamental to conceptions of citizenship and belonging....
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.5 TAYKent, Timothy J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Fox Enterprises 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.401 KEN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.401 KEN
Gates, Susan Wharton
Summary: "Days of Slaughter: The Fall of Freddie Mac and Why It Could Happen Again is the untold story of the steady financial and ethical unwinding of Freddie Mac, one of two key government-sponsored enterprises that failed in the wake of the unprecedented collapse of the housing market in 2008. A former 19-year employee and VP of public policy, Gates provides an eyewitness account of the competing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.7 GATRamsey, Dave.
Summary: Ramsey shows you how to be responsible to God and family, sacrifice the unnecessary to gain the necessary, get rid of debt, and build a financially peaceful future. A lot has changed since this book was first published in 2004 -- but the basics are still the basics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Student loans. Medical bills. Mortgages. The national deficit. Debt touches so many parts of American life, from the individual citizen to the United States as a whole. A complex issue, debt can be alternately beneficial, such as when building credit, or it can do irreparable damage to a person's credit score, housing prospects, lifestyle, and more. The articles collected in this volume trace...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Magazine, Call number: NY Times Headlines 332.7 Personal 2020Morris, Dick.
Summary: Analyzes power abuses by the American government, wealthy corporations, and high-profile celebrities, in an account that addresses topics ranging from sub-prime mortgages and the secret purchases of Dubai to corporate salaries and the 2008 election.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 MORMcLean, Bethany.
Summary: This surprising narrative goes back more than twenty years to reveal, in rich, anecdotal detail, how Wall Street, the mortgage industry, and the government conspired to change the way Americans bought their homes, creating a perfect storm. The authors take us inside elusive institutions such as Goldman Sachs, AIG, and Fannie Mae, to reveal who changed the game and why.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Penguin 2010