By: Ron H.
“There are about a dozen very good books written about the genesis of the crisis- read any one of them, and see if you can find the AEI narrative about CRA/HUD?/Fannie/Freddie mentioned as a major...
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“I found this one to be extremely thorough and enlightening.” No doubt you did. Obscure, and biased to within an inch of it’s life. Try “The Big Short” by Michael Lewis, and “All the Devils Are Here”...
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“No doubt you did. Obscure, and biased to within an inch of it’s life.” Did you happen to reach that conclusion after reading it, or can you just tell such things by looking at the cover? “Try “The Big...
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“Did you happen to reach that conclusion after reading it, or can you just tell such things by looking at the cover?” Googled the author and checked it out on Amazon. Meh.
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BTW, just to underscore this is from a review of the book: In brief, Wood’s argument is that “conservatives” do in fact share a significant portion of the blame for the present crisis. This is not...
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“The “regulatory cost” has no correlation to what was actually deregulated. ” A more careful reading of that review, in particular the paragraph from which you quoted, might make it clear to you that...
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“A more careful reading of that review, in particular the paragraph from which you quoted, might make it clear to you that you are disagreeing with the reviewer’s assessment of the causes of the...
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“I am presuming the reviewer got his assessment FROM the book.” If you had read the book you wouldn’t make that mistake, but don’t worry about it Big Boy, your astonishing ignorance isn’t my problem....
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“Max, you poor imbecile, you wouldn’t know the truth if it bit you on the ass.” The standard response of a witless dullard who can’t debate his way out of a paper bag.
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Note to Mark Perry from Josh Brown’s “What I learned in 2012″ “Jonathan Miller (Matrix): a housing recovery really doesn’t need to be based on solid personal income growth and/or strong employment...
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