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Old 10-28-2008, 07:41 AM  
DamageX
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Actually... in testimony to the congress last week the economists said that the housing problem wasn't caused by any of that... it was caused by default swaps (derivatives).
The housing problem wasn't caused by default swaps. The financial crisis was caused by them, with the housing problem being part of it too.
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