Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Turning the American Dream into a Nightmare

by Oonagh McDonald

Overview

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

This book examines the role of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other key players in the American mortgage market, in precipitating the current global financial crisis. From President Clinton's announcement of the 'National Home Ownership Strategy' in 1995 to its collapse in 2008, this book deftly explains the aims and consequences of extending mortgage lending to people who could not afford home ownership. Bankers, investment banks, rating agencies and derivatives have all been awarded their share of the blame, while politicians, regulators and government agencies have successfully avoided theirs. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been implicated, but the true story of their marriage made in hell has never been told.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780930046
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	06/07/2012
Series:	Criminal Practice Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Oonagh McDonald is a former UK Member of Parliament and an international regulatory expert
Oonagh McDonald CBE is a Visiting Fellow at the International Institute of Banking and Financial Services at the University of Leeds. She was a Member of Parliament for Thurrock in Essex (1976-87) and was a member of the front-bench Treasury team from 1983-87. Prior to her entry to Parliament, she was a lecturer in philosophy at Bristol University. In 1998, she was awarded a CBE for services to financial regulation and business.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Timeline

Chapter 1. The Seeds are Sown.

Chapter 2. Two More Tools in the Toolkit.

Chapter 3. The Role of the Housing and Urban Development Department.

Chapter 4 Mortgage Data.

Chapter 5. The 'Mission Regulator' for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Chapter 6. The GSEs and the Developing Crisis.

Chapter 7. The Dominance of the GSEs.

Chapter 8. The Beginning of the End for Freddie Mac

Chapter 9. The Beginning of the End for Fannie Mae

Chapter 10. The Years 2005 to 2007. Drinking in the Last Chance Saloon.

Chapter 11. The Subprime Market Grew and Grew and No One Knew

Chapter 12. Why did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac get away with it for so long?

Chapter 13. The End Cometh.

Chapter 14. What Next?

Appendix 1

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index