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A time when the economy and economic status is declining.

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Please define the term crony capitalism. 

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Please define the term crony capitalism. 

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Mutual relationships that let you gain from them at which you are all in understanding of it happening.

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It was stated in the text that by the summer of 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie mac were insolvent. What does that mean?

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It was stated in the text that by the summer of 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie mac were insolvent. What does that mean?

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It means that they were unable to pay the debts owed.

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As a result of the housing bust who was left with the bad debt and how much was this debt?

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As a result of the housing bust who was left with the bad debt and how much was this debt?

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The people that had originally bought into the houses with loans that they couldn"t pay for. hundreds of thousands

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What caused the housing boom to go bust? Who was responsible? 

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What caused the housing boom to go bust? Who was responsible? 

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The loans were not payable and people couldn't take off the debt. Fannie Mae and Freddie mac kept sponsoring them so they kept going but the price for homes went up to unsustainable levels.

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All of the housing being paid for with loans

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Why did loan originators have less incentives to scrutinize the credit worthiness of borrowers or worry about the ability to repay funds borrowed?

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Why did loan originators have less incentives to scrutinize the credit worthiness of borrowers or worry about the ability to repay funds borrowed?

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because they would be getting paid one way or another

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(from below) What effect did it have on foreclosure rates for the subprime loans?

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(from below) What effect did it have on foreclosure rates for the subprime loans?

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it created a huge increase in foreclosures because people couldn't pay their bills

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How did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac meet the mandates that loans were to go to households with incomes below the media

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How did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac meet the mandates that loans were to go to households with incomes below the media

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by leasing them out on credit

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When thinking about mortgage loans what is the difference between primary and secondary market?

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When thinking about mortgage loans what is the difference between primary and secondary market?

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primary gets securities from the sellers and secondary does it among themselves

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As a result of the lobbying done by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac what objectives did congress achieve?

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As a result of the lobbying done by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac what objectives did congress achieve?

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They could continue to charge these people and have their houses out on the market again because they weren't paying for their credit.

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What kind of lobbying did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spend so much money on

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What kind of lobbying did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spend so much money on

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housing

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What does "As a result,Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were able to borrow funds at approximately half a percentage point cheaper than private firms, this gives them a huge advantage over their rivals." mean?

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What does "As a result,Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were able to borrow funds at approximately half a percentage point cheaper than private firms, this gives them a huge advantage over their rivals." mean?

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It means that since the business is running with the government and are private they are getting things differently and making a huge advatage by doing what their competition can not.

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What is fannie mae and freddie mac? explain the function of these government sponsored coorperations 

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What is fannie mae and freddie mac? explain the function of these government sponsored coorperations 

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they are government sponsored enterprises. This means that they are privately owned and receive money from the government for existing and doing what they are doing.

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why did the standard in living not increase from the 1950-1990 investment rates?

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why did the standard in living not increase from the 1950-1990 investment rates?

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You were investing your money into something that may or may not result in you getting that money and more back. so just from investing won't make you more money or make the way you live any different.

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What influences which product the government will undertake

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What influences which product the government will undertake

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If a product or business looks promising and like it will become largely know then that has a part in the process

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What typically happens when a firm experiences loss such as described above?

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What typically happens when a firm experiences loss such as described above?

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They will have to come up with a comeback sort of product to get it up and going again.

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what is the definition of "dot-coms" and what are their purpose?

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what is the definition of "dot-coms" and what are their purpose?

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a company that relies on internet infulence and for all of their business needs

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What is the role of a venture capitalist?

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What is the role of a venture capitalist?

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This is the person or people that take up on helping or promoting with small or up and starting companies

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This is the part of the market that handles all of the investing aspects, such as bonds.

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the term "investment requires saving" means what?

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the term "investment requires saving" means what?

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if you have no money to make an investment in the first place how are you going to start? you need to save the money to invest and then keep saving to make the investment even bigger to pay off better in the long run.

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The parts and products that make the business production possible. with out these things it wouldn't happen.

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Explain the term capital investment and explain how we use resources to create the capital investment

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Explain the term capital investment and explain how we use resources to create the capital investment

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funds invested in a business that is for the purpose of making it grow and become greater. We use money as a resource to invest into the company and we use time to make sure that it grows by putting effort in.