FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: The story of the year?

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

Note also that sub-prime loans were heavily marketed to minority buyers.



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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: October 6, 2009 10:22:04 PM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
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> Given that the financial crisis is worldwide, and given that sub- 
> prime loaning policies were close to being the prime cause of the  
> collapse -- AND given the conservative faith in free markets  
> unfettered by government interference --- What if it was government  
> interference thatfreed the markets and caused the crisis!
>
> Read Daniel Tencer's story on a new UNC report that indicts the  
> previous administration
>
>         http://rawstory.com/2009/10/study-bush-blocked-efforts/
>
> Bob