Tag Archives : Fannie Mae
Biden’s Messed-Up Housing Gambit
A crazy proposal from Biden for more redistribution.
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Michael Bloomberg, Housing Finance, Race, and the 2008 Crisis
He gets a lot right about the housing crisis, but left out something important.
read more...The Trump-Obama Approach on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Will Lead to Future Financial Instability
Cronyists want to resuscitate Fannie and Freddie.
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Is Trump’s Treasury Department Supporting a Cronyist Plan to Empower Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Our system of housing finance is mucked up by government intervention
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Shut Down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Unleash the Free Market
Fannie and Freddie should never have been created in the first place.
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The Three Best and Three Worst Policy Developments of 2014
The things we applauded and face-palmed over in 2014.
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The Obama Administration Wants Another Housing Bubble
Even though we just suffered through a housing bubble/collapse thanks to misguided government intervention, Obama’s people are pursuing the same policies today.
read more...Apparently Learning Nothing from the Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac Disaster, the Obama Administration Wants to Subsidize Banks to Make More Dodgy Loans
The Obama Administration is proposing to once again put the economy at risk by subsidizing banks to give mortgages to people with poor credit, even though we’re still dealing with the economic and fiscal damage caused by the last episode of government housing subsidies!
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When Will We Learn that Regulation Is the Problem rather than the Solution?
I’ve explained on many occasions how the financial crisis was largely the result of government-imposed mistakes, and I’ve paid considerable attention to the role of easy money by the Federal Reserve and the perverse subsidies provided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But I’ve only once touched on the role of the Basel regulations on […]
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Despicable and Corrupt Republicans Vote for More Housing Subsidies
Remember my post from a week ago when I said I was not a Republican even though Ronald Reagan and Calvin Coolidge are two of my heroes? Well, now I have another reason to despise the GOP. Those reprehensible statists just voted to expand federal housing subsidies. Here are some excerpts from an excellent National Review column […]
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