Zandi, Mark M.,   1959- <br/><br/>
Financial shock :  a 360° look at the subprime mortgage implosion, and how to avoid the next financial crisis / 
Mark Zandi. 
 - Upper Saddle River, N.J. :  Pearson Education,   c2009. 
 - 270 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction		1	(8)<br/>Subprime Precis<br/>9	(20)<br/>Sizing Up Subprime<br/>29	(16)<br/>Everyone Should Own a Home<br/>45	(18)<br/>Chairman Greenspan Counts on Housing<br/>63	(16)<br/>Global Money Men Want a Piece<br/>79	(16)<br/>Bad Lenders Drive Out the Good<br/>95	(16)<br/>Financial Engineers and Their Creations<br/>111	(18)<br/>Home Builders Run Aground<br/>129	(14)<br/>As the Regulatory Cycle Turns<br/>143	(16)<br/>Boom, Bubble, Bust, and Crash<br/>159	(14)<br/>Credit Crunch<br/>173	(18)<br/>Timid Policymakers Turn Bold<br/>191	(22)<br/>Economic Fallout<br/>213	(16)<br/>Back to the Future<br/>229	(16)<br/>Endnotes		245	(14)<br/>Index		259	 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0137142900 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780137142903 (hardback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Subprime mortgage loans--United States.<br/>Housing--Finance.--United States<br/>Préstamos hipotecarios subprime --Estados Unidos<br/>Vivienda--Financiación --Estados Unidos<br/>Financiación de vivienda --Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG 2040.5  / Z27f 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.7/220973