Why Ottawa should bail out homebuyers if house prices tank
If American households ruined by the housing crash would have received as much attention as Wall Street, the world would be a different place today
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Kevin Carmichael
Kevin Carmichael is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He has written about economics, policy and policy makers for two decades from Ottawa, Washington, Mumbai, and, currently, Montreal.
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