The Housing Boom and Bust
by:
Thomas Sowell (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780465018802 (0465018807)
Publish date: April 24th 2009
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
Sowell's arguments are more complex than this, but if you want the general idea of the book, here it is:Housing became unaffordable in many cities due to laws that restricted land use and sale. Fewer people could afford the more expensive homes so government, to promote higher home ownership and end...
A quick and easy read for anyone wanting to understand how we got into the current economic mess we have all been affected by! Not need to have a prior understanding of economics. My favorite passage from the book:"Despite differences of personalities and of the times, the underlying vision of the N...