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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (15 Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0470402199
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470402191
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 335,558 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars What really happened in the US sub-prime market, 8 Nov 2008
There are many books and articles about how multinational banks and governments got it all wrong, and describing with great complexity and much jargon how toxic debt was repackaged and resold around the world.

This book is about how the debt became toxic in the first place - by lending money to people who couldn't afford to borrow it - and why sensible mortgage lenders acted as they did. At this level, all the motivations that made bankers make such bad decisions (greed, self-delusion, inadequate controls, political pressures) are there, but at a scale that is much easier to visualise and to understand.

And it is a good read - well-written by someone who is not just doing a bit of journalism and research, but is also telling of his own experiences as well with what seems to be a good deal of honesty.

Do read the books about high-banking and SIVs and the markets for ABSs and CDOs. But also read this one - the other half of the story.
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