Seven years ago, the Wall Street maxim, having “skin in the game,” became a popular explanation for the devastation of the America’s system of housing finance. Following the subprime meltdown and the beginning of a wave of foreclosures that would eventually drive more than 9 million families from their homes, desperate policy-makers sought simple explanations like “skin in the game” to explain unprecedented and frightening events …
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