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1 online resource (1 audio file (480 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Dick Hill. |
| Summary |
Veteran New York Times economics reporter Edmund L. Andrews was intimately aware of the dangers posed by easy mortgages from fast-buck lenders. But, eager to buy a home and start a new life, he gave in to temptation and began a surreal adventure into the mortgage mayhem that nearly wrecked our economy. Busted weaves together the author's own ride to the edge of bankruptcy with the tragicomic stories of his lenders, the Wall Street pros behind them, and the policymakers in Washington who were oblivious until it was too late. The story takes Andrews to the offices of Alan Greenspan, the mansions of subprime-mortgage millionaires in southern California, a despondent deal makers' convention in Las Vegas, and Wall Street. Rich with on-the-ground reporting, Busted is a darkly humorous exploration of the cynicism and self-destructive judgment that led to America's biggest economic calamity in generations. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Mortgages -- United States.
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Subprime mortgage loans -- United States.
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Housing -- United States -- Finance.
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Housing -- Prices -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Hill, Dick.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781400193325 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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140019332X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10755488 |
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