Graduation Year
Spring 2013
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
George Thomas
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© 2013 Patricia Ingrassia
Abstract
The 2008 subprime mortgage crisis is characterized by an increase in subprime lending and default on such mortgages. A combination of factors, such as risk excessive risk taken on by financial institutions, poorly implemented government housing policies and biased regulation are perceived to have caused the crisis. In response to the crisis, Congress approved the largest bailout of the United States financial system in taxpayer history. Signed into law by President George W. Bush, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) authorized the federal government to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to purchase distressed assets, including mortgage-backed securities, and provide liquidity to banks. Comprehensive financial reform followed the bailout package in the form of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This paper examines how both pieces of legislation threaten the constitutional protection of economic liberties.
Recommended Citation
Ingrassia, Patricia, "TARP and the Wall Street Reform Consumer Protection Act: An Examination of Constitutional Protection of Economic Liberties" (2013). CMC Senior Theses. 692.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/692
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
