Powerful interests . We are going to be concluded by reading just two sentences from the book. I have explained that historical or geographical burdens are not fate. They are not destiny. They are reasons for action. It is our job to understand how the end of poverty can be achieved and then act to make it happen. Jeff, thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] him booktv continues now with after words. This week Peter Wallison a fellow at the American Enterprise institute discusses his book, hidden in plain sight. In the book mr. Wallison argues that Government Housing policies caused the 2008 financial crisis. He is in conversation with sudeep reddy deputy Global Economics editor at the wall street journal. Host Peter Wallison your new book is called hidden in plain sight what really caused the worlds worst financial crisis and why it could happen again. You are a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission which was investigating the causes of the 07 08 financial crisis.
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] sarah polk was on diplomacy and her strong suit is intelligence and political discussion. She made no bones about the fact she took an interest in politics. And that she was her husbands partner. She grew naup political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature. Because she would not have married him if he had unfortunately for james k. Polk he died three months after leaving the white house. And sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became a shrine to her husband and she would invite anybody who wanted to to come to visit and see the objects she had collected through her long and illustrious political career. To live there for many years on her own. During the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay respects. It is an interesting commentary
The increase in the homeownership rate from 63.8 percent in the first quarter of 1994 to almost 70 percent in the first quarter of 2005 and its subsequent fall to 67.1 percent in the first quarter of 2010 has cast doubts on the effectiveness of the government’s policy of subsidizing mortgage interest rates and lowering down payments. Although a substantial amount of academic research has focused on the effects of GSE intervention in raising the homeownership rate, less attention has been paid to race/ethnic and regional differences. One of the novel features of this study is that it provides a scenario of what would happen to homeownership rate at the national or regional level, and among race/ethnic groups without the GSEs.
important. i don t find it to be as useful as others might, but students m them, and they want them because that s what they are used to. that s what they have all been competing for that, and that is what employers want. frankly, we can get more out of me writing evaluations of them in a more detailed way that talks about the strengths and weaknesses, what they brought to the table, more like a letter of recommendation than a letter grade. host: do you find a difference between students who take out student loans or students who have their parents pay for it or have host: not that, but there s a difference between students who work and those students who don t. the students who are working, this is their money, right then. students who take out the loans, it is eventually going to be their money, but it s going to them, it s kind of somewhere in the future. those who work, they re putting in the sweat and equity in right now to get the education, and i think they are