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Mortgage Meltdown Origin

WTTW News | February 15, 2011, 7:00 pm

How did the mortgage crisis begin, and who's to blame? Bethany McLean, Vanity Fair writer and author of the book All the Devils Are Here, answers this question and many more.

  • The book on the publisher's website
  • New York Times book review
  • Huffington Post review of the book

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