Episode · a16z Podcast · 2017-01-13
Books mentioned on a16z Podcast: Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy
The largest asset class in the United States is owner-occupied real estate, yet options for homeowners accessing this are very binary right now: either own 100% of your home (with a mortgage), or own nothing. And when people do “own”, that ownership is often skewed by debt.
Alex Rampell discussed House of Debt by Atif Mian and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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House of Debt
Discussed“but what I really liked about your bucket if in the subtext subtitle is how they and you caused the Great Recession and how we can prevent it from happening again you talk a lot about just the general role of debt”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing House of Debt
“and finally we have atif me on professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University who also co-authored with Amir Sufi the book house of debt how they and you caused the Great Recession”