The financial crisis: What we (still) haven’t learned
Acton Institute
by Samuel Gregg
11/18/09
It’s over a year now since the 2008 financial crisis spread havoc throughout the global economy. Dozens of books and articles have appeared to explain what went wrong. They identify culprits ranging from Wall Street financiers overleveraging assets, to ACORN lobbying policy-makers to lower mortgage standards, to politicians closely connected to government-sponsored enterprises such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae failing to exercise oversight of those agencies. As time passes, armies of doctoral students will explore every nook and cranny of the 2008 meltdown. But if most governments’ policy responses to the crisis are any guide, it’s apparent that many lessons from the financial crisis are being ignored or escaping most policy-makers’ attention. Here are five of them...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+crisis
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https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fannie+Mae
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https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Samuel+Gregg
by Samuel Gregg
11/18/09
It’s over a year now since the 2008 financial crisis spread havoc throughout the global economy. Dozens of books and articles have appeared to explain what went wrong. They identify culprits ranging from Wall Street financiers overleveraging assets, to ACORN lobbying policy-makers to lower mortgage standards, to politicians closely connected to government-sponsored enterprises such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae failing to exercise oversight of those agencies. As time passes, armies of doctoral students will explore every nook and cranny of the 2008 meltdown. But if most governments’ policy responses to the crisis are any guide, it’s apparent that many lessons from the financial crisis are being ignored or escaping most policy-makers’ attention. Here are five of them...
https://tinyurl.com/yg9wy3e
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+crisis
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wall+Street
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Freddie+Mac
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fannie+Mae
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mortgage
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Samuel+Gregg
rudkla - 20. Nov, 11:58
