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9780061953347

Architects of Ruin

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    9780061953347

  • ISBN10:

    0061953342

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-01-01
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

The economic crisis was caused not by unfettered capitalism, Schweizer argues in "Architects of Ruin," but by liberals who used the power of government to create a subprime mortgage bubble that has ravaged the global economy.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. ix
A Failure of Capitalism-or Liberal Social Engineering?
The Robin Hood Agendap. 1
How a Gang of Radical Activists and Liberal Politicians
Set the Stage for the Biggest Bank Heist in History
$4 Trillion Shakedownp. 28
The Left's Activist Jihad Against American Banks
The Clinton Crusadep. 46
How Democrats Made Credit a Civil Right
Cover Your Fanniep. 76
How Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Were
Taken Over by Liberal Activists
The Golden Troughp. 104
How Liberal Politicians Used Fannie and Freddie to Rig the Real Estate Market While Lining Their Own Pockets
Do-Good Capitalistsp. 120
Bill Clinton's Seduction of Wall Street and the Birth of the Bailout Culture
Minority Meltdown
A Tale of Two Bubblesp. 152
Robin Hood Comes to the White Housep. 167
How Barack Obama's Plans to Use Liberal State Capitalism
Will Create the Next Big Economic Meltdown
Acknowndgementsp. 185
Notesp. 189
Indexp. 211
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