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Days of Slaughter : Inside the Fall of Freddie Mac and Why It Could Happen Again /

"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 form...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gates, Susan Wharton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Acknowledging the obvious
  • Reckoning day
  • Homeownership : dream or nightmare?
  • Securitization breakdown
  • Charter confusion
  • Affordable housing
  • Subprime semantics
  • Political capture
  • Who's ultimately responsible?
  • Scandal(s)
  • Battle for responsible credit leadership
  • One tough bill
  • Stand up and say
  • The unraveling
  • Sad good-byes
  • Housing's future
  • Wherefore ethics?