- Bethany McLean wrote "Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants."
- McLean says that poor underwriting and chasing the market were the catalysts for the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the Great Recession.
- She says that bipartisan support of the government-sponsored enterprises led to the lack of oversight.
Bethany McLean
The author of “Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants” sat down with Brad Inman to talk about the mortgage world, the Great Recession, what went wrong and what went right.
