Thomas Sowell
The Housing Boom and Bust
Basic Books, 2009
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A view from the right into the causes and consequences of the policies behind the housing bubble…
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Economist and political commentator Thomas Sowell provides a readable explanation of the US housing market bubble and its aftermath. His point of view is not in question – it is decidedly on the right, as one might anticipate from a Hoover Institution scholar, so read it with awareness that other experts just as firmly believe opposing views. Sowell lambastes politicians who, he feels, pushed a disastrous policy that made home ownership available to most Americans, including those least able to pay. His style is not always felicitous, but it is accessible, and that is more than you can say for many economists. getAbstract thinks that anyone who wants to understand the housing market that contributed to the 2008-2009 economic crisis will find this illuminating.
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About the Author
Thomas Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst and other academic institutions. His Basic Economics text has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
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