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August 20, 2008


"Redlining" and the subprime bubble, cont'd

A failure of the free market? Not exactly (via Bader, emphasis added):

Internal documents show that even late in the housing bubble, [federal-government-sponsored] Fannie Mae was drawn to risky loans by a variety of temptations, including the desire to increase its market share and fulfill government quotas for the support of low-income borrowers.

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