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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, credited to Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report by Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Here is the final report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission into the causes of the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. Two thorough Dissenting Statements accompany the final report. The report is a chronological compendium of the review of millions of pages of documents, the interviews of hundreds of leaders, CxOs, financial experts and academics, as well as common people, home- and business-owners who were also significantly affected by the financial meltdown. - Summary by Mario Pineda

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
• Author credits: Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 183
• Listed recording duration: 32:52:55

Catalogue topics

• economy
• economics
• banking
• mortgages
• lending

Opening tracks: first 24 of 183

1. 000 - Preface — 8:03
2. 001 - Conclusions of the Commission — 38:05
3. 002 - Conclusions of the Commission, concluded — 22:59
4. 003 - Ch. 1. Before Our Very Eyes, part 1 — 38:26
5. 004 - Ch. 1. Before Our Very Eyes, part 2 — 45:54
6. 005 - Ch. 1. Before Our Very Eyes, part 3 — 17:57
7. 006 - Ch. 2. Shadow Banking: Commercial Paper and Repos — 30:09
8. 007 - Ch. 2. Shadow Banking: The Savings and Loan Crisis — 18:16
9. 008 - Ch. 3. Securitization and Derivatives: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — 20:26
10. 009 - Ch. 3. Securitization and Derivatives: Structured Finance — 12:11
11. 010 - Ch. 3. Securitization and Derivatives: The Growth of Derivatives — 25:53
12. 011 - Ch. 4. Deregulation Redux: Expansion of Banking Activities — 19:24
13. 012 - Ch. 4. Deregulation Redux: Long-Term Capital Management — 12:00
14. 013 - Ch. 4. Deregulation Redux: Dot-Com Crash — 12:11
15. 014 - Ch. 4. Deregulation Redux: The Wages of Finance — 13:26
16. 015 - Ch. 4. Deregulation Redux: Financial Sector Growth — 8:47
17. 016 - Ch. 5. Subprime Lending: Mortgage Securitization — 17:04
18. 017 - Ch. 5. Subprime Lending: Greater Access to Lending — 6:19
19. 018 - Ch. 5. Subprime Lending: Subprime Lenders in Turmoil — 5:33
20. 019 - Ch. 5. Subprime Lending: The Regulators — 19:20
21. 020 - Ch. 6. Credit Expansion: Housing, A Powerful Stabilizing Force — 19:39
22. 021 - Ch. 6. Credit Expansion: Subprime Loans, Buyers Will Pay A Premium — 18:12
23. 022 - Ch. 6. Credit Expansion. Citigroup: Invited Regulatory Scrutiny — 4:42
24. 023 - Ch. 6. Credit Expansion. Federal Rules: Intended to Curb Unfair or Abusive Lending — 12:52

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