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A Bailout Parable: Mad Meat

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By Barry Ritholtz - October 27th, 2010, 9:15AM

I met Eric Von Berg at an ING conference where I had just given a speech. Afterwards, he handed me a copy of this short book he wrote and illustrated: Mad Meat! How securitized lending collapsed the financial system which now exists on life-support.

As the plane waited in the queue for takeoff in Atlanta, I started reading it. Byt he time we hit 2000 feet, I had finished. I found it delightful, and I am pleased that Eric allowed me to share it with you here:

Eric Von Berg is a principal at Newmark Realty Capital in San Francisco, and widely respected as a leader in the field of Commercial Real Estate Finance and Development. A former Chairman of the California Mortgage Bankers Association, Eric now sits on the Commercial Board of Governors for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America. He holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley and the Wharton School of Business and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker and Certified Mortgage Banker. Read more from Eric on his blog Capital Wisdom

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MAD_MEAT! September 2010

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4 Responses to “A Bailout Parable: Mad Meat”

  1. rktbrkr Says:
    October 27th, 2010 at 9:39 am

    Texas subpoenas big banks. The states AGs will be tying the big banks down with subpoenas like Gulliver, first the foreclosures then they dive into the issue of recording fees, on the other front the tranche holders will be suing them, and then there are shareholders lawsuits about the CW and ML acquisitions etc. Lots of political hay to be made locally

    http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2010/10/26/big-banks-get-texas-subpoenas-on.html

  2. RiskAverseAlert Says:
    October 27th, 2010 at 9:55 am

    I look forward to reading this well-timed perspective given the securitization love fest at the FDIC housing finance conference this week.

  3. obsvr-1 Says:
    October 27th, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    The parable sums up the situation, but will the people rise up to change the love fest between the Governor and the Tinker-Traders, Street Vendors and the other gamers.

    If the mortgage put backs become widespread he will have to update the parable to cover the BARF of sausage.

  4. Expat Says:
    October 30th, 2010 at 6:28 am

    It is my understanding that this problem has been resolved. TreasSec, Fed Chief, and the heads of all the major banks have promised us that everything has been taken care of and will not happen again.

    If we can’t trust these guys, who can we trust!

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