TY - BOOK 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. AB - 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. T1 - The housing boom and bust / DA - 2009. CY - New York : AU - Sowell, Thomas, CN - HG2040.25 CN - HG2040.25 PB - Basic Books, PP - New York : PY - 2009. ID - 332134 KW - Housing KW - Secondary mortgage market KW - Subprime mortgage loans KW - Financial crises SN - 9780465018802 SN - 0465018807 TI - The housing boom and bust / ER -