Donna Brazile op ed on foreclosures
Democratic Party strategist and consultant Donna Brazile's op ed in the AZ Daily Sun newspaper dishes it out as only Donna can.
Read more...The Paradox of Toil
Paul Krugman cites work by Gauti Eggertsson, husband of our friend Helima Croft, on why economic policies that work in normal times don't when interest rates are at zero.
Read more...HUD Secretary Shaun S. Donovan speaks at CFA's Financial Services Conference
HUD Secretary Shaun S. Donovan addresses CFA's 2009 Financial Services Conference in Washington, DC on December 4. 2009. Watch the speech and Q&A on CSPAN.
Read more...NY Times reports homebuyers have trouble competing with investors for foreclosed homes
This NY Times report on Sunday, December 13, 2009, recounts the difficulties owner occupant buyers have in outbidding "vulture" investors. Quoting a number of experts, including Barry Zigas, the story also mentions efforts like Fannie Mae's to offer foreclosed property first to owner-occupants.
Read more...How'd We Get Here?
This hysterical powerpoint presentation entitled "The Subprime Primer" has been making the rounds through the Internet. I wish I knew who had authored it so I could give them credit!
Warning: there is some crude language in this presentation that could trigger corporate firewalls/security/filters.
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