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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