Anatomy of a financial crisis : a real estate bubble, runaway credit markets, and regulatory failure

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Title:

Author:

Jarsulic, Marc.

ISBN:

9780230615687

Personal Author:

Jarsulic, Marc.

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical Description:

xxi, 178 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents:

The building blocks of the financial crisis -- The house price bubble ends, the foreclosure wave begins -- The credit bubble bursts, the financial crisis begins -- Who caused this disaster? -- Implications and solutions.

Subject Term:

Financial crises -- United States.

Bank loans -- United States.

Real property -- Prices -- United States.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.

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An indepth look at the origins and development of the current financial crisis, from an economist and Washington insider. Jarsulic explains how a wide array of financial institutions, including mortgage banks, commercial banks, and investment banks created a credit bubble that supported nonprime mortgage lending and helped to inflate house prices.