TY - BOOK AU - Sowell,Thomas TI - The housing boom and bust SN - 9780465018802 AV - HG 2040.25 S731h 2009 U1 - 332.720973 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Housing KW - Prices KW - United States KW - Secondary mortgage market KW - Subprime mortgage loans KW - Financial crises KW - Alojamiento KW - Precios KW - Estados Unidos KW - Crisis financiera KW - Mercado hipotecario secundario N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-179) and index N2 - 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 of home mortgages and "creative" marketing of financial securities based on these mortgages to countries around the world, are part of the story of how a financial house of cards was built up--and then collapsed UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2009925585-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2009925585-d.html ER -