{"product_id":"the-great-american-housing-bubble-robert-m-hardaway-9780313382284","title":"The Great American Housing Bubble: The Road to Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis meticulously documented work sets forth the major causes of the greatest asset bubble in world economic history--the American housing bubble, which began in 1940 and collapsed in 2007.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the aftermath of the American housing collapse in 2007, many ask why. \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Housing Bubble: The Road to Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e asks a different and more fundamental question--how the bubble was created in the first place. To answer that question, it examines the causes, both political and economic, of the American housing bubble, created between 1940 and 2007. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose causes encompass everything from federal income tax subsidies for housing to local exclusionary policies, banking, accounting, real estate appraisal, and credit agency rating practices and policies. The book also takes into account the impact of greed, government regulation, speculation, and psychology--including blind faith in investment advisors--on the creation of the greatest asset bubble in the economic history of the world. The author takes a comparative historical approach, examining the current crisis in the light of notorious bubbles of the past. In the end, he concludes that the events precipitating the most recent collapse can be traced, at least in part, not to too little government regulation, but to too much.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert M. Hardaway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031338228X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313382284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 87","brand":"Robert M. Hardaway","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152962597119,"sku":"9780313382284","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_818618fe-0cbb-4e98-848c-7e9a165fbfc0.jpg?v=1770780372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-american-housing-bubble-robert-m-hardaway-9780313382284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}