Federal mortgage insurance opened homeownership to Black buyers while segregation, private industry incentives, and weak oversight made that access costly and unequal. Buyers organized to challenge the resulting harms.
8 parts, about 26 minutes to read.
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in AmericaKathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer
A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern EconomyJoel Mokyr
A Random Walk Down Wall StreetBurton G. Malkiel
All the Devils Are HereBethany McLean, Joe Nocera
Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall StreetNeil Barofsky
Capital in the Twenty First CenturyThomas Piketty
Capitalism and Its CriticsJohn Cassidy
Capitalism, Socialism and DemocracyJoseph A. Schumpeter
Career and FamilyClaudia Goldin
China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future and the Challenge for AmericaJames Kynge
Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock MarketScott Patterson
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for AfricaDambisa Moyo