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In Reckless Endangerment, Pulitzer‑winning New York Times columnist Gretchen Morgenson details how Washington, Wall Street, and the mortgage‑lending industry intertwined to create the 2008–2009 financial crisis. Drawing from untapped sources and coauthor Joshua Rosner’s extensive records, she exposes the complicity of key regulators—Fannie Mae, the Federal Reserve, HUD, Congress, the FDIC—and major financial firms such as Countrywide Financial and Goldman Sachs. The book illustrates how fiscal greed, aggressive lending practices, and institutional fear led officials to overlook warning signs, ultimately igniting the American economic collapse.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics/Finance
Authors: Gretchen Morgenson
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