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China and the Mortgaging of America

Economic Interdependence and Domestic Politics

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Helen Thompson

    1. University of Cambridge, UK

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Helen Thompson
    Pages 1-29

  3. Asian Savings and American Borrowing

    • Helen Thompson
    Pages 31-50

  4. The Domestic Politics of American Home Ownership

    • Helen Thompson
    Pages 51-72

  5. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Boom

    • Helen Thompson
    Pages 73-98

  6. The Crisis of 2007–8

    • Helen Thompson
    Pages 99-125

  7. Conclusions

    • Helen Thompson
    Pages 127-150

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 151-173
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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.

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  • University of Cambridge, UK

    Helen Thompson

About the author

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.

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