Controversial Op-Ed in NYT on Fannie and Freddie

FTER the financial crisis of 2008, there was one thing that almost everyone agreed on. The government-sponsored mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, had to go. While shareholders and executives reaped the profits from Fannie and Freddie in good times, taxpayers were stuck with the bill in a crisis. President Obama described their dysfunctional business model as "Heads we win, tails you lose." But here we are, seven years after the crisis, and nothing has changed....(read more)

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