Mian, Atif, 1975-

House of debt : how they (and you) caused the Great Recession, and how we can prevent it from happening again / Atif Mian and Amir Sufi. - 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-207) and index.

A scandal in Bohemia -- p.1. Busted -- Debt and destruction -- Cutting back -- Levered losses: the theory -- Explaining unemployment -- p.2. Boil and bubble -- The credit expansion -- Conduit to disaster -- Debt and bubbles -- p.3. Stopping the cycle -- Save the banks, save the economy? -- Forgiveness -- Monetary and fiscal policy -- Sharing.

9780226081946 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Financial crises--United States.
Crisis financiera--Estados Unidos.
Consumer credit--United States.
Crédito al consumo--Estados Unidos.
Debtor and creditor--United States.
Deudor y acreedor--Estados Unidos.
Foreclosure--United States.
Financial crises--Prevention.
Crisis financiera--Prevención.
Foreclosure--Prevention.--United States
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Crisis financiera global, 2008-2009.
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