Rethinking the financial collapse (and suburbia)

[bcwessel]

Restructing Mortgage Lending Ignores Underlying Cause of [Financial] Crisis
Christopher Leinberger | 10 February 2011 | UrbanLand | LINK (http://urbanland.uli.org/Articles/2011/Feb/LeinbergerFannie)

This article presents an interesting counter-narrative to the cause(s) of America's current depression. I'm not sure I buy it entirely (too great a focus on the awesome and monolithic power of market demand), but he makes some interesting arguments which have otherwise been overlooked by the analyses I've encountered. At any rate, if we believe even part of this narrative, it should further reinforce our need to rehabilitate our existing urbanism, and (perhaps more importantly) rethink the ways we are still organizing greenfield development.

[benjaminbach]

For a good understanding of the credit crisis in the US, check out the Big Short by Michael Lewis

[bcwessel]

For a good understanding of the credit crisis in the US, check out the Big Short by Michael Lewis

Jeff Rubin's theory of de-globalization has me most convinced.

[IEFBR14]

For a good understanding of the credit crisis in the US, check out the Big Short by Michael Lewis
You'll love the latest from Lewis: All You Need to Know About Why Things Fell Apart (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-16/all-you-need-to-know-about-financial-crisis-commentary-by-michael-lewis.html) http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/fatbirdie/f_tongueincheek.gif

[BuildingScout]

www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/02/us-overbuilt-big-houses-planners-find/[/url] ] Americans, especially generations X and Y, want shorter commutes, walkability and a car-free existence. Which means that around 40 million large-lot exurban McMansions, built primarily during the housing boom, might never find occupants.


p.s. need pointers with the quote tag. Don't know what I'm doing wrong with the link URL.