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

Myths and misunderstandings about what happened in the Great Recession continue to hinder the American economy by making us afraid of the one thing we need most