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Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis

ISBN: 978-0-470-29277-8
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352 pages
July 2008
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Introduction: Financial Ashes vii

Cast of Characters xiii

Chapter 1 Angelo Speaks, the Worldwide Contagion Begins 1

Chapter 2 The Repo Man Meets the Bald Granny: A Short History of Subprime 23

Chapter 3 The Death of the Bailey Building and Loan, the Rise of Millionaire Loan Brokers and Countrywide 47

Chapter 4 The Beach Boys of B&C: How Roland Arnall Became the Johnny Appleseed of Subprime 73

Chapter 5 Angelo Rising: The Son of a Bronx Butcher Makes Good 103

Chapter 6 The Holy Roller of REITs 127

Chapter 7 The End of the (New) Century 149

Chapter 8 A Conspiracy by Merrill? 179

Chapter 9 A Warning from Lewie: CDOs, SIVs, and Other Things No One Understands 205

Chapter 10 Deep in the Belly of the Bear 227

Chapter 11 Armageddon Times: The Tan Man Departs, Bye-Bye Bear 249

Chapter 12 What the Hell Happened? Ten Bad Years for Housing in America 277

Chapter 13 TARP, the Great Recession, and the Return of Stan Kurland 309

Afterword TBTF: A Mortgage Cartel Rises from the Ashes 335

Source and Interview Notes 341

Glossary 351

Acknowledgments 359

About the Authors 361

Index 363

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