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House of debt : how they (and you) caused the Great Recession, and how we can prevent it from happening again /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mian, Atif, 1975- (Author), Sufi, Amir (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Financial crises > United States.
Consumer credit > United States.
Debtor and creditor > United States.
Foreclosure > United States.
Financial crises > Prevention.
Foreclosure > United States > Prevention.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A scandal in Bohemia
  • Busted
  • Debt and destruction
  • Cutting back
  • Levered losses: the theory
  • Explaining unemployment
  • Boil and bubble
  • The credit expansion
  • Conduit to disaster
  • Debt and bubbles
  • Stopping the cycle
  • Save the banks, save the economy?
  • Forgiveness
  • Monetary and fiscal policy
  • Sharing.