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So, there are things I disagree with inside the article (rent control and government-built housing have both been tried, in many places, and have not gone well), but the basic thought in the title is spot-on. We have learned nothing from (and fixed nothing since) the 2008 Fiscal Crisis. We are headed for a new one.



Is the government incentivizing subprime mortgages which are being bundled into mortgage backed securities and resold again?

If so, could you point me to official documentation of this policy or practice continuing to take place?




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