{"product_id":"the-housing-boom-and-bust-1433294079","title":"The Housing Boom and Bust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1433294079\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thomas Sowell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduct DescriptionThere was no single, dramatic event that set the current financial crisis off. A whole series of very questionable decisions by many people, in many places, over a period of years, built up the pressures that led to a sudden collapse of the housing market and of financial institutions that began to fall like dominoes as a result of investing in securities based on housing prices. This book is designed to unravel the tangled threads of that story. It also attempts to determine whether what is being done to deal with the problem is more likely to make things better or worse.About the AuthorTHOMAS SOWELL has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions, and his Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has published in both academic journals in such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine, and Fortune and writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51328084640032,"sku":"NEW1433294079","price":29.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61RY4pJlfKS.jpg?v=1773179466","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-housing-boom-and-bust-1433294079","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}