China and the Mortgaging of America - Economic Interdependence and Domestic Politics

Informationen zum Autor HELEN THOMPSON is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her most recent book is Might, Right, Prosperity and Consent: Representative Democracy and the International Economy 1919-2001 . Klappentext In 2008! the economic relationship between the United States and China almost collapsed due to a crisis at two American mortgage corporations! Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This book explains how that crisis came about! and analyzes the consequences and implications. Zusammenfassung In 2008! the economic relationship between the United States and China almost collapsed due to a crisis at two American mortgage corporations! Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This book explains how that crisis came about! and analyzes the consequences and implications. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Asian Savings and American Borrowing The Domestic Politics of American Home Ownership Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Boom The Crisis of 2007-8 Conclusions Index

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Introduction Asian Savings and American Borrowing The Domestic Politics of American Home Ownership Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Boom The Crisis of 2007-8 Conclusions Index

Product details

• Authors: H Thompson, H. Thompson, Helen Thompson
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2010
• EAN: 9781349318513
• ISBN: 978-1-349-31851-3
• No. of pages: 173
• Series: International Political Economy Series; International Political Econom; International Political Economy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Europe, European Politics, Political Science, Asia, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, International Political Economy, Asia—Politics and government, Asian Politics, Europe—Politics and government, US Politics, United States—Politics and government, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, American Politics, International Political Economy’, Asia;China;interdependence;USA;us politics