During the recession in the years 2008-2009, the most severe for mature economies in the post-war period, housing markets were often mentioned as having a speci

The Economics of Aging presents results from an ongoing National Bureau of Economic Research project. Contributors consider the housing mobility and living arra

Shows how the politics of banking crises has been transformed by the growing 'great expectations' among middle class voters that governments should protect thei

Both growth and unevenness in the distribution of housing wealth have become characteristic of advanced societies in recent decades. Housing Wealth and Welfare

Explains how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics of the housing boom and bust. The "creative" financing o