2008 Financial Crisis Primer  Tags: financial crisis  

• Boyer, Peter J. "EVICTION. (Cover story)." New Yorker 84.38 (24 Nov. 2008): 48-53. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. IIT Downtown Campus Library, Chicago IL.  26 Nov. 2008 <link to article>.

Abstract: “This article discusses the growing number of foreclosed homes in Akron, Ohio. A particular instance is discussed in which Donald Fatheree, a sheriff's deputy, and Jason Beam, an assisting eviction officer, attempted to evict Addie Polk from her home, who had committed suicide to avoid the eviction. This news caught the attention of Dennis Kucinich, a Democratic congressman from Cleveland, Ohio, who has debated the bailout policy of the financial system by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.” – Academic Search Premier 

• "The Giant Pool of Money.” This American Life. Chicago Public Radio. 9 May 2008. www.thisamericanlife.org 4 Nov. 2008 <link to program>.

Abstract: “A special program about the housing crisis produced in a special collaboration with NPR News. We explain it all to you. What does the housing crisis have to do with the turmoil on Wall Street? Why did banks make half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income? And why is everyone talking so much about the 1930s? It all comes back to the Giant Pool of Money.”  -- This American Life

• Jacob Wheeler. "Life on Mortgage Street: Two brothers face opposing realities." Chicago Sun-Times 16 Mar. 2007, Final, Real Estate And Home Life: S1 / FRONT. America's Newspapers. NewsBank. IIT Downtown Campus Library, Chicago IL.   3 Nov. 2008. <link to article>.

Abstract: This article focuses on the differences between sub-prime and predatory lending practices in Chicago. The article also examines community, regulatory and lender efforts to protect home buyers from eventual foreclosure.

• Dembosky, April. "Foreclosures Mean Crises For H.I.V. Positive Renters." New York Times.  August 26, 2008, Late Edition - Final, Metropolitan Desk: 6. America's Newspapers. NewsBank. IIT Downtown Campus Library, Chicago IL.   4 Nov. 2008 <link to article>.

Abstract:  This article discusses the impact of the housing crisis on a particularly vulnerable population: individual's with H.I.V. who are dependent on publicly subsidized housing.