Congressman Barney Frank
Representing Massachusetts' 4th District

Articles about the Causes of the Economic Crisis


The Reckoning
The New York Times
Series of articles

Private sector loans, not Fannie and Freddie caused crisis
The McClatchey Newspapers
By David Goldstein and Kevin Hall
October 12, 2008

The Giant Pool of Money
This American Life
National Public Radio
May 9, 2008

Fannie, Freddie to Suffer Under New Rule, Frank Says
Bloomberg News
June 17th, 2004
By James Tyson

The End of Wall Street's Boom
Portfolio.com
December 2008
By Michael Lewis

The Crash: What Went Wrong
The Washington Post
Series of articles

As Subprime Lending Crisis Unfolded, Watchdog Fed Didn't Bother Barking
The Washington Post
September 27, 2009

The Financial Crisis: One Year and Counting
National Public Radio
Series of stories

House of Cards – The Mortgage Mess
CBS 60 Minutes
Correspondent Steve Croft
January 27, 2008

The Ponzi State
The New Yorker
By Geoge Packer
February 29, 2009

Another Frightening Show about the Economy
This American Life (NPR)
October 3, 2008

Inside the Meltdown
PBS FRONTLINE

The Warning
PBS FRONTLINE

The Origins of the Financial Crisis
Brookings Institution
November, 2008
By Martin Neil Baily, Robert E. Litan, and Matthew S. Johnson

Oxley hits back at ideologues
The Financial Times
September 9, 2008
By Greg Farrell

Did Greenspan Add to Subprime Woes?
The Wall Street Journal
June 9, 2007
By Greg Ip

The KISS Rule for Markets
The Wall Street Journal
April 2, 2008
By Larry Lindsey

How HUD Mortgage Policy Fed the Crisis
The Washington Post
June 10, 2008
By Carol Leonig

The Quiet Coup
The Atlantic
May 2009
By Simon Johnson

Barney Frank Had it Right
The Taunton Gazette

Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown
Center for Public Integrity

A.I.G., Where Taxpayers’ Dollars Go to Die
The New York Times
Gretchen Morgenson

All Fall Down
The New York Times
November 26, 2008
Thomas Friedman

Interim Report to Congress on the Root Causes of the Financial Crisis
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
March 2009

Bonfire of the Builders
Business Week
August 13, 2008
By Mara Der Hovanesian

 

 


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