According to the Authors, All of These Are Factors That

question 31

Multiple Choice

According to the authors, all of these are factors that laid the groundwork for the disaster in the United States in 2008 EXCEPT:

• A) borrowing was expensive
• B) real estate became the investment of choice
• C) mortgage originators peddled "Liar Loans"
• D) banks securitized the poison and spread it around

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