Think you know the cause of the US financial crisis? You could be wrong

Jan 31, 2017

Both American political parties believe that the cause of the financial crisis was a shift in banking practices that resulted in more poor and middle-class households obtaining mortgages. Image: REUTERS/Mike Blake

Max Ehrenfreund

Writer, Wonkblog

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Image: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/ Equifax/Washington Post

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