From a reader:
Hi: re Joe Stiglitz, Fannie, and Freddie, you might be interested in footnote 6 in this paper:
http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.28704/pub_detail.asp
Money quote:
“Interestingly, Stiglitz today is an outspoken critic of GSE risk-taking.
According to Stiglitz, GSE risk-taking was a predictable consequence
of the structure of the GSEs and their financial structure and compensation schedules.”
[And here] is the now classic open letter from Kenneth Rogoff:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2002/070202.htm
Money quote:
“Do you ever think that, just maybe, Joe Stiglitz might have screwed up?
That, just maybe, you were part of the problem and not part of the solution?”