Economics

"Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon"

Gretchen Morgenson; Joshua Rosner

About the Program

Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner talk about the 2008 financial collapse and the role played by prominent lending and mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  From Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC. 

About the Authors

Gretchen Morgenson

Gretchen Morgenson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and assistant business and financial editor at The New York Times.  She writes the Fair Game column that appears in the paper's Sunday Business section.  Ms. Morgenson previously reported for Forbes, Worth, and Money magazines.     


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Joshua Rosner

Joshua Rosner is a partner at the consulting firm Graham Fisher & Co. and is an adviser on housing and mortgage-finance issues.   


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Program Information

"Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon"

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Past Airings

  • Monday, September 19th at 5:30am (ET)
  • Sunday, September 18th at 3pm (ET)
  • Sunday, July 3rd at 8am (ET)
  • Sunday, July 3rd at 12am (ET)
  • Monday, June 13th at 1am (ET)
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