The conventional wisdom holds that mortgage-backed securities, credit-default swaps, and the like were responsible for the fragility, uncertainty, and ultimate collapse of 2008. Is that true? Professor Ed Stringham offers a revisionist account.
About the Guest
Ed Stringham is the Davis Professor for Economic Organizations and Innovation at Trinity College.
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Article Mentioned
“It’s Not Me, It’s You: The Functioning of Wall Street During the 2008 Economic Downturn”
Guest’s Book
Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life, by Edward Peter Stringham
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