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Ep. 783 Did Crazy Financial Instruments Bring Down the Economy?

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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

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Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life, by Edward Peter Stringham

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