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Financial shock : a 360° look at the subprime mortgage implosion, and how to avoid the next financial crisis / Mark Zandi.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education, c2009.Description: 270 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0137142900 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780137142903 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.7/220973
LOC classification:
  • HG 2040.5 Z27f 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction 1 (8) Subprime Precis 9 (20) Sizing Up Subprime 29 (16) Everyone Should Own a Home 45 (18) Chairman Greenspan Counts on Housing 63 (16) Global Money Men Want a Piece 79 (16) Bad Lenders Drive Out the Good 95 (16) Financial Engineers and Their Creations 111 (18) Home Builders Run Aground 129 (14) As the Regulatory Cycle Turns 143 (16) Boom, Bubble, Bust, and Crash 159 (14) Credit Crunch 173 (18) Timid Policymakers Turn Bold 191 (22) Economic Fallout 213 (16) Back to the Future 229 (16) Endnotes 245 (14) Index 259
Summary: Examines the underlying causes of the current mortgage crisis, from irresponsible lenders and predatory speculators to home "flippers" and less-than-truthful borrowers, and provides advice for reforms and regulations which could prevent a recurrence in the future.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HG 2040.5 Z27f 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000100943

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.

Introduction 1 (8)
Subprime Precis
9 (20)
Sizing Up Subprime
29 (16)
Everyone Should Own a Home
45 (18)
Chairman Greenspan Counts on Housing
63 (16)
Global Money Men Want a Piece
79 (16)
Bad Lenders Drive Out the Good
95 (16)
Financial Engineers and Their Creations
111 (18)
Home Builders Run Aground
129 (14)
As the Regulatory Cycle Turns
143 (16)
Boom, Bubble, Bust, and Crash
159 (14)
Credit Crunch
173 (18)
Timid Policymakers Turn Bold
191 (22)
Economic Fallout
213 (16)
Back to the Future
229 (16)
Endnotes 245 (14)
Index 259

Examines the underlying causes of the current mortgage crisis, from irresponsible lenders and predatory speculators to home "flippers" and less-than-truthful borrowers, and provides advice for reforms and regulations which could prevent a recurrence in the future.

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