Countrywide Financial

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Angelo Mozilo's lender, the largest US mortgage originator before its 2008 sale to Bank of America; one insider book plus the subprime-industry histories that carry the rest of the story.

5 books · 1 people behind it

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  1. All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial CrisisBethany McLean, Joe Nocera, 2010
  2. The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced AmericaMichael W. Hudson, 2010
  3. Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit CrisisPaul Muolo, Mathew Padilla, 2008

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All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History
T2 All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera · 2010 · Sustained treatment of Mozilo and Countrywide's slide into subprime.
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Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the M
T3 Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis
Paul Muolo, Mathew Padilla · 2008 · Closest coverage: Countrywide is a central thread in the trade-press account of the industry.
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The Foreclosure of America: The Inside Story
T3 The Foreclosure of America: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of Countrywide Home Loans, the Mortgage Crisis, and the Default of the American Dream
Adam Michaelson · 2009 · Insider account by a Countrywide marketing executive; the one dedicated book.
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The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders
T3 The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America
Michael W. Hudson · 2010 · Origination-floor reporting on the subprime lenders Countrywide competed against and copied.
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Other People's Houses: How Decades of Bailou
T3 Other People's Houses: How Decades of Bailouts, Captive Regulators, and Toxic Bankers Made Home Mortgages a Thrilling Business
Jennifer Taub · 2014 · Regulatory history explaining how a thrift-charter lender grew unsupervised.
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