Guaranteed to Fail
Press Coverage
Reckless Optimism (Book Review, Claremont Review of Books, Winter 2011/12)
How to Put an End to Fannie and Freddie (Author Opinion Editorial, Forbes, January 10, 2012)
Financial Economics (Book Review, Journal of Economic Literature, December 2011)
Costly creations (Book Review, Business Standard, October 20, 2011)
Why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to diet (Book Review, The Economist, October 15, 2011)
The Downsides Of Mortgage Tax Breaks (Viral Acharya Interview, NPR, August 23, 2011)
Housing Fix: End Govt’s Subsidy Ponzi Schem, Says NYU Stern Prof. (Viral Acharya Interview, Yahoo! Finance, August 23, 2011)
Should The Government Subsidize Your House? (Viral Acharya Interview, NPR All Things Considered, August 21, 2011)
AIG Commits Hara-Kiri, Fannie Mae Becomes Pied Piper in Top Business Books (Bloomberg, July 16, 2011)
State is now dominant force in US capital markets (Financial Times, June 30, 2011)
Lawsuit: Fannie, Freddie owe Ingham County millions (Lansing State Journal, June 23, 2011)
When government’s clutch becomes a crutch (Book Review, The Hindu, June 8, 2011)
Top Business Books, From ‘Mechanical Markets’ to ‘Ugly Beauty’ (Bloomberg, May 29, 2011)
Repeating the mistakes of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (Greece Post, May 26, 2011)
Guaranteed to Fail (Viral Acharya and Matthew Richardson interview, VoxEU.org, May 13, 2011)
A race to the bottom: Understanding the US housing boom (VoxEU.org, May 11, 2011)
Book: Make FHLBanks ‘Wholly Private’ (Inside the GSEs, April 29, 2011)
Fannie & Freddie's Future, Small Cap Growth Stocks, "Startup Success" (TheStreet.com: The Real Story, April 19, 2011)
Goldman Turns ‘Schizophrenic,’ Ferguson Praises West in Top Business Books (Bloomberg, April 15, 2011)
A tale of Fannie, Freddie and failure (Book review, pennlive.com, April 4, 2011)
The Fate of the Mortgage Monsters (Book review, Barron's, April 2, 2011)
The Employment Report (Lawrence White interview, Market Wrap, April 1, 2011)
Godzilla Hedge Fund Fannie Mae Was ‘Guaranteed to Fail’ (Book review, Bloomberg, March 29, 2011)
Weekly Book List (The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 28, 2011)
Fannie and Freddie: a Fool's Errand (Book review, Financial Times, March 21, 2011)
A Blueprint for Mortgage Finance Reform (The Finance Professionals' Post, March 2, 2011)
Meet the New GSE Plan, Same As Old Plan? (American Banker, March 1, 2011)
Who Steps Up in Mortgages After Fannie, Freddie? (Bloomberg Businessweek, February 17, 2011)
Fannie and Freddie Face Eviction in America (The Times, February 15, 2011)
A Guide to White House Options for the GSEs (American Banker, February 2, 2011)
Take Fannie and Freddie Off the Road (Financial Times, January 26, 2011)
Fannie & Freddie: The Biggest Bailout (New York Post, March 29, 2010)