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The crisis was contributed to by [[http://articles.businessinsider.com/2009-10-16/wall_street/29984294_1_mortgage-brokers-freddie-mac-fannie-and-freddie|government policy to increase homeownership]] via such acts as the "Community Reinvestment Act" (although it was by [[http://www.businessweek.com/investing/insights/blog/archives/2008/09/community_reinv.html|no means]] [article overstates but has some facts] the primary nor sole cause). |
Fallacy:
"The housing crisis was caused by the banks and their deregulated policies revolving around the subprime mortgage issue." (Michael Lambert)
Response:
This is more specific than most of the fallacies here, so perhaps it should be moved to another list at some point, such as StatistErrors? (Also note: "financial crisis" and "housing crisis" are being used interchangeably here to refer to the same event: a financial meltdown tied directly to housing markets.)
Tom Woods has written extensively on these issues, so let's just go directly to a few of his relevant articles:
The crisis was contributed to by government policy to increase homeownership via such acts as the "Community Reinvestment Act" (although it was by no means [article overstates but has some facts] the primary nor sole cause).