It Wasn't a Bubble--It Was a Double Bubble
Alex J. Pollock | The American
September 12, 2009

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Many are accustomed to thinking in terms of a 'housing bubble.' But this is only part of the story. In fact, the first decade of the twenty-first century brought us a real estate double bubble--one in housing, and one in commercial real estate.

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  • Alex Pollock joined AEI in 2004 after thirty-five years in banking. He was president and chief executive officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago from 1991 to 2004. He is the author of numerous articles on financial systems and the organizer of the “Deflating Bubble” series of AEI conferences. In 2007, he developed a one-page mortgage form to help borrowers understand their mortgage obligations. At AEI, he focuses on financial policy issues, including housing finance, government-sponsored enterprises, retirement finance, corporate governance, accounting standards, and the banking system. He is the lead director of CME Group, a director of Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and the International Union for Housing Finance, and chairman of the board of the Great Books Foundation.

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