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Explain the causes of the Great Recession of 2008. What was the role of banks and mortgage lenders? Credit rating agencies? Home buyers? Evaluate the relative importance of each of the causes. Discuss the Federal government’s response to the 2008 crisis. Compare the Government’s response to the Great Depression in the 1930s to today’s response to the Great Recession of 2008.

Description You will choose one of the questions below. Be as specific as possible in your answers, using material from both the readings and lectures wherever you can do so. Get right to the heart of the question. Too much time spent on the introduction or conclusion will take away from the rest of your […]