All Posts Tagged With: "government-sponsored enterprise"
Now This Is News
From the Wall Street Journal (subscription site): Barney Frank has been all over the airwaves this week with a clear and—we never thought we’d say this—perfectly sound message about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: “They should be abolished.” Considering that Frank has been one of the principal backers and beneficiaries of the so-called government-sponsored enterprises, [...]
19Aug2010 | Sheldon Richman | 4 comments | ContinuedBailing Out Statism
The key to understanding the saga of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—the recently nationalized twin government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that dominate home financing—is this: They were set up—intentionally—to distort the housing and mortgage markets. Government planners were not content to let voluntary exchange and spontaneous market forces configure those industries unmolested. So—holding the taxpayers hostage—they intervened. [...]
20Jan2009 | Sheldon Richman | 12 comments | ContinuedNationalization of the Mortgage Market
Breaking down the mortgage market breakdown and how it’s all the government’s fault.
1Dec2008 | Robert P. Murphy | 7 comments | ContinuedBailing Out Statism
The key to understanding the saga of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—the newly nationalized twin government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that dominate home financing—is this: They were created—intentionally—to distort the housing and mortgage markets. That is, government planners were not content to let voluntary exchange and spontaneous market forces configure those industries unmolested. So—holding the taxpayers hostage—they [...]
1Dec2008 | Sheldon Richman | 2 comments | ContinuedCan the Feds Save the Housing Market?
Government Solutions Will Only Make Matters Worse
1Jun2008 | Robert P. Murphy | 13 comments | Continued-
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