It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up for People Who Blame the CRA for the Housing Crisis

Here’s a huge pat on the back and a show of support for Barry Ritholtz, who truly has had it with those who keep clinging to the widely discredited belief that the Community Reinvestment Act caused the housing crisis. Ritholtz writes at The Big Picture that he’s offering a More…

Publisher that Owns Credit Rating Agency Kills Book Critical of … Ratings Agencies

Mortgage lenders aren’t selling subprime loans much anymore, but apparently the credit rating agencies that certified them as safe and profitable investments are back at it, this time killing a book critical of, well, a ratings agency.

The tale comes from Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture, who had More…