Title: Hidden in plain sight
Description: The 2008 financial crisis, like the Great Depression, was a world-historical event. What caused it will be debated for years, if not generations. The conventional narrative is that the financial crisis was caused by Wall Street greed and insufficient regulation of the financial system. That narrative produced the Dodd-Frank Act, the most comprehensive financial-system regulation since the New Deal. There is evidence, however, that the Dodd-Frank Act has slowed the recovery from the recession. If insufficient regulation caused the financial crisis, then the Dodd-Frank Act will never be modified or repealed; proponents will argue that doing so will cause another crisis.
Subjects: Government policy, Finance, Subprime mortgage loans, Housing, Mortgage loans, Economic policy, Financial crises, Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009, Housing, finance, Housing, united states, United states, economic policy, 2001-2009, Federal National Mortgage Association, Freddie Mac (Firm)
Places: United States
Time periods: 2001-2009