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