HKS Affiliated Authors
James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
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The Case Against Subsidizing Housing Debt. Jeffrey Frankel, May 29, 2017, Opinion, "At the end of the first quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, American consumer debt for the first time exceeded its previous peak (in dollars), reached in the third quarter of 2008, just as the global financial crisis erupted. Although car loans and student debt have been rising especially rapidly, housing debt remains more than two-thirds of the $12.7 trillion total." Link