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Commentary on "Federal Credit and Insurance Programs: Housing" - Review

Commentary on "Federal Credit and Insurance Programs: Housing" by John M. Quigley.

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The New Structure of the Housing Finance System - Review

The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) marked both the culmination of a 20-year period of changes in the U.S. housing finance system and the beginning of a period of legislative reforms intended to forestall any recurrence of the savings-and-loan industry debacle that forced the enactment of FIRREA.

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The Rich and the Poor: Demographics of the U.S. Wealth Distribution - Review

 he author extends his 1995 and 1996 reports on the distribution of U.S. wealth to present a detailed examination of the demographics of the richest and poorest households. He concludes that concern over the concentration of wealth should be tempered by the apparent fact that “the rich” are a changing group, even over short periods of time.

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