Jennifer Taub is a professor at Vermont Law School and formerly an associate general counsel at Fidelity Investments. She lives in Northampton, MA.
“Shines a pitiless light on the subprime mortgage meltdown that
kicked off the Great Recession . . . . Meticulously argued and
guaranteed to raise the blood pressure of the average American
taxpayer.”—Kirkus Reviews
*Kirkus Reviews*
“Provides a concise, clear, and compelling account.”—Glenn C.
Altschuler, Huffington Post
*Huffington Post*
"Over the years I’ve read a tall stack of books about the financial
crisis. Other People’s Houses, by Vermont Law School professor
Jennifer Taub, provides the clearest, beginning-to-end explanation
I’ve seen of what went wrong. And Taub’s beginning is a surprise: A
1993 Supreme Court decision about how bankruptcy law applies to
mortgages."—Pat Regnier, Money magazine
*Money Magazine*
“[Other People’s Houses] reminds us that the nation’s economic
troubles were entirely preventable. [Taub] pinpoints the key
decisions—primarily by presidents, cabinet secretaries, key members
of Congress, and government bank regulators—that allowed banks to
engage in an orgy of speculation . . . They knew what they were
doing and what the consequences might be.”—Peter Dreier, The
American Prospect
*The American Prospect*
“A must-read for those wanting to understand what happened to the
American Dream of homeownership and building wealth by paying off
one’s mortgage. . . . Taub tells a riveting story.”—Steven
Pressman, Dollars & Sense
*Dollars & Sense*
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