What To Do about Fannie and Freddie?

Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University
Dwight M. Jaffee, University of California, Berkeley

Summary

Edward Glaeser and Dwight Jaffee argue that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are actively pursuing great risk at taxpayer expense and private profit: the cure is a tax on their $1.5 trillion in borrowing that could yield as much as $6 billion a year.

Recommended Citation

Glaeser, Edward L. and Jaffee, Dwight M. (2006) "What To Do about Fannie and Freddie?," The Economists' Voice: Vol. 3 : Iss. 7, Article 5.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss7/art5

 
 
 
 

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